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Hello and welcome to the 21st medical

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group . I'm Colonel Patrick poli and

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I'm joined today by Chief Master

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Sergeant dan Stella body Today . Chief

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Stella body is going to go over some

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brief information regarding the 2021

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flu program . Chief over to you . Thank

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you sir . And so yes , I'd like to talk

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about the flu vaccination , the

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importance of receiving that vaccine

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and some of the requirements behind

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that . And what do I mean by

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requirements for our active duty

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population ? The flu vaccine is a

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mandatory requirement . It is a

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readiness initiative and is tracked in

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assam's for those active duty members

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out there . You might have seen that

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within assumes you are yellow now

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showing that you are due for the

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vaccine . I wouldn't panic on that yet

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because we haven't received our

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shipment of the flu vaccination . But

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we will soon with that said we will

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handle this type of vaccination process

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similar to what we did with the Covid

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vaccine . We will have mass pods or

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point of distributions where we we we

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will actually have people sign up and

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come out to the fitness center and they

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will receive their flu vaccination . We

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can then simultaneously update them in

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assam's and track them and get them

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green again for this year . We also

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offer the flu vaccination to our

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civilian counterparts . So you can come

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out to one of our vaccination lines and

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receive that . Um some of the local

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drug stores also offer the flu

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vaccination . What I would ask is if

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any active duty members receive it off

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base , please come by with that card .

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They give you to show proof of your

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vaccination . Bring into public health

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and we'll make sure your updated in the

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sM system chief . Thanks so much for

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that . If I can just ask one question

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for clarification , I know a lot of

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people have this question . How is the

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Covid vaccine related to the flu

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vaccine ? Can they be taken together ?

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Yes sir , I appreciate that question

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and I'm sure it's going to be on the

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minds of most of us . And so you can

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actually receive the covid vaccination

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and the flu vaccination on the same day

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or you can receive it shortly before or

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shortly thereafter . So there's really

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it's kind of what your schedule is and

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when you receive one or the other if

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you hadn't received either one of those

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vaccinations , but it is safe to

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receive the flu vaccine along with the

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Covid vaccine same day are close

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together . Thanks chief for that

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background information on this year's

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flu program and thanks to all of you

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for tuning in for this week's medical

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minutes . We hope you'll join us again

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in the future