Wisconsin Health Officials Urge Respiratory Illness Vaccination
As the weather grows colder, Wisconsin health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated for several respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said respiratory viruses typically ramp up in the fall. Although levels of illness are low now, health officials are advising residents to get vaccinated now for the flu, RSV and COVID-19.
Vaccines not only protect you, but they also prevent the spread of viruses, which is important for everyone, especially people who become very sick from these viruses
Tom Haupt, a respiratory disease epidemiologist for DHS, noted that it can take up to two weeks for the vaccines to fully protect against those viruses.
Author's summary: Wisconsin health officials urge vaccination against respiratory illnesses.
- Get vaccinated for flu, RSV and COVID-19
- Vaccines prevent the spread of viruses
- Protection takes up to two weeks
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