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Listen to Your Momma
Listen to Your Momma
The Maryland Partnership for Prevention (MPP) has created four commercials to dispel common myths about influenza vaccine. One of the four videos, titled "Listen to Your Momma" responds to various misconceptions and issues, including vaccine safety, risks for healthy people, and the potentially-serious consequences of the flu. Any organization is welcome to use the internet versions. Groups desiring to air the spots on television should contact MPP.
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Information for the Public
 Influenza - prevent a bad disease with a good vaccine!
Why Get Vaccinated Against Influenza?
Influenza: What you should know
Written in question and answer format, this 2-page handout addresses many of the questions commonly posed by patients.
Source: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center in Spanish and English
 
Who is at High Risk of Flu Complications? [PDF]
Discusses who is at risk for complications and benefits of the flu vaccine.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Spanish and English
Flu Vaccine Facts and Myths [PDF]
Discusses the misconceptions and facts about the disease and the vaccine.
 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Spanish and English
Questions and Answers About Influenza and the Injectable Influenza Vaccine [PDF]
Simple to understand answers about influenza disease and the injectable influenza vaccine, especially for those who are hesitant to get vaccinated and have questions
 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Spanish and English
Staying Healthy is Important to Me [PDF]
I got the flu shot to protect myself and the ones I love.
Source: Florida Department of Health
Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition
Learn more about how you can protect yourself and the children you care about with annual influenza vaccination.
 Source: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Faces of Influenza
View these photos and other materials to see firsthand the seriousness of this potentially deadly infectious disease.
Source: American Lung Association
Families Fighting Flu
Visit this website and read the heart-wrenching stories of how influenza affected children in these courageous families.
 Source: Families Fighting Flu Inc.

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