Home >Flu >Seasonal Flu

Seasonal Flu Vaccines

Adult and Children Flu Vaccines:   All immunization services are now located at the Central Health Center at 832 West Central Boulevard, Orlando. Flu shots are available on a first-come, first-serve walk-in basis:

Monday through Friday:  7:30am - 3:00 pm  2nd Friday of each month - closed

The cost of the flu shot is $28.00. (Prices are subject to change)

Medicare is accepted.

Children's Flu Vaccines: Flu shots are offered for children under the age of 18 for free.

Seasonal flu shots are also available at local health care providers such as private doctor offices, pharmacies, and walk-in clinics.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

• Getting the vaccine as soon as it is available will provide protection if the flu season comes early. You can get the vaccine as long as illness is occurring in your community. Influenza can occur at any time, but most influenza occurs from November through May. In recent seasons, most infections have occurred in January and February. Getting vaccinated in December, or even later, will still be beneficial in most years.
• This year’s seasonal flu vaccine will also protect you against H1N1 (Swine) flu.
• It is important that people, particularly those who are at high risk of complications from the flu, receive a yearly flu shot. The reason for this is because influenza viruses continually change over time and every year the vaccine is updated to include the viruses that are most likely to circulate in the upcoming flu season.
• Despite what you may have heard, you can not get the flu from a flu shot.
• Follow four simple health habits to help keep you—and others healthy.
  
  
  • Wash Your Hands - Frequent hand washing is the single most important thing you can do to keep from getting sick.
  • Avoid Close Contact- Avoid people who are sick.
  • Cover Your Cough and Sneeze - If you don’t have a tissue, cough and sneeze into your elbow to keep germs off your hands.
  • Stay Home When You’re Sick - Do not go to work, school, or travel when you’re sick. Don’t share your germs!

Who should get vaccinated this season?

This year’s flu vaccine is recommended for all people 6 months of age or older.  Vaccination is especially important for people at higher risk of sever influenza and their close contacts, including healthcare personnel and close contacts of children younger than 6 months.

Who else should get vacinated?

Other people for whom vaccination is especially important are:

• People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
• People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including:
  • Health care workers
  • Household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu
  • Household contacts and caregivers of children younger than 5 years of age with particular emphasis on vaccinating contacts of children younger than 6 months of age (children younger than 6 months are at highest risk of flu-related complications but are too young to get vaccinated)