U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee calls for federal funding for COVID, flu vaccines
Xandra Williams-Earlie receives her flu shot by Candace Mabins in Dr. Gary Sheppard office Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Houston.U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Sunday asked Houstonians to get their vaccines and for the federal government to fund vaccine initiatives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted an early start to the flu season, and Jackson said,"We expect, in the next six weeks, a surge of flu comparable to an epidemic or pandemic.
The recent uptick in RSV cases is unusual because the virus typically spreads from November through January. But the COVID-19 pandemic changed when many children were exposed to RSV for the first time. Houston also experienced a surge in cases earlier this year in the spring and summer. But while RSV, which is especially serious in infants or older adults, does not have a vaccine, Jackson Lee said, the flu and COVID do — and the strain of flu that is"raging" she said, is the same one protected against by this year's flu shot.
She asked for more federal vaccine funding because, she said: “I want this community to be able to access the flu shot for free”
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