{"id":1074,"date":"2012-10-02T19:26:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T23:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2012-10-02T20:13:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T00:13:12","slug":"health-department-to-once-again-feature-free-flu-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/2012\/10\/health-department-to-once-again-feature-free-flu-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Health department to once again feature Free Flu Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">An annual event will help the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department test its emergency preparedness while providing hundreds of free flu shots to the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The health department will host Free Flu Friday, a special one-day clinic designed to give up to 2,000 shots to Lexington residents who want to fight the flu this fall and winter. The event will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at Imani Family Life Center, 1555 Georgetown Road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA seasonal flu shot is the best way to fight the flu each fall and winter, so this is a great way for people to protect themselves and their family,\u201d said Kevin Hall, LFCHD spokesman. \u201cFree Flu Friday is a cornerstone of what public health is all about. It covers three key components of what we do for the community: communicable disease control, preparedness and education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The seasonal flu shot, which also provides protection against H1N1, is recommended to all people ages 6 months and older. Last year, Lexington had 143 confirmed cases of the flu. The health department provided more than 5,000 flu vaccinations throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Last year, the health department provided almost 1,700 free shots at Free Flu Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Those who are unable to attend Free Flu Friday can still get a flu shot 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Public Health Clinic at 805A Newtown Circle. No appointment is necessary, and the cost for a flu shot is $25. Medicaid\/Medicare, cash, checks, credit cards and some insurances are accepted.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, find the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com\/LFCHD. Flu information can also be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexflucrew.com\/\">www.LexFluCrew.com<\/a> and on the flu hotline, (859) 288-7529.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An annual event will help the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department test its emergency preparedness while providing hundreds of free flu shots to the community. &nbsp; The health department will host Free Flu Friday, a special one-day clinic designed to give&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/2012\/10\/health-department-to-once-again-feature-free-flu-friday\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,6],"tags":[298,300,296,297,302,46,44,299,301],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-articles","tag-clinic","tag-fall","tag-flu-shots","tag-free","tag-h1n1","tag-kentucky","tag-lexington","tag-lexington-residents","tag-winter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glso.org\/enews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}