Get-your-self-a-flu-shot week
OK, that's not what it's really called. It's really called National Influenza Vaccination Week, and it runs tomorrow through Dec. 2. Flu sickens millions of Americans each year, and it can be serious. Each year about 36,000 people die of flu or its complications, and about 200,000 are hospitalized with it. So if you haven't gotten a flu vaccination, you probably ought to get one. The Guilford County Department of Public Health has more information here.
