Drive-By Flu Shot Clinic Set For Wednesday

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Woodstock residents will soon be able to just roll up their sleeves to arm themselves against the flu.

The North Georgia Health District is hosting a series of Drive-by Flu Shot Clinics in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield counties.

These clinics are designed to serve people quickly and efficiently as they remain in their vehicles. The Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 at Cherokee County Health Department’s Woodstock offices at 7545 Main Street.

Drive-by Flu Shot Clinics in each of these counties will offer the four-in-one quadrivalent flu vaccine as well as the Fluzone High Dose vaccine for people who are sixty-five and older.

Marie Smith, immunization and child health coordinator for North Georgia Health District 1-2 of the Georgia Department of Public Health, said the Quadrivalent flu vaccine “is designed to protect against four different strains of flu, including two influenza A viruses and two influenza B viruses.”

The Fluzone High-Dose influenza vaccine has four times the amount of antigen (the part of the vaccine that prompts the body to make antibodies) contained in regular flu vaccine to provide extra protection for people 65 and older whose immune systems have become weaker with age.

The cost of the quadrivalent flu shot at the Drive-by Flu Shot Clinics will be $25 and the Fluzone High-Dose flu shot will cost $50.

Cash, Medicare, Medicaid, Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield Health Insurance will be accepted, as well as some other forms of payment and insurance, depending on the county.

For more information, call the Cherokee County Environmental Health Department at (770) 928-0133 or (770) 345-7371.

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