It is not too late to get your flu shot!

As you sit down and take a moment to relax and enjoy the holidays and the soft tinkle of pine needles falling off your tree, you suddenly think “I never got my flu shot, is it too late?”

Not to worry, it not too late — although it is best to get the flu shot in the fall so that the immunization has time to work in your body to develop the proper response.

But I repeat, it’s not too late to get your flu shot.

At the Raiter Clinic, we are just starting to see our first positive flu tests. Currently, the Minnesota Department of Health reports the statewide flu activity as moderate.

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