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What you need to know about vaccines; facing flu, RSV and COVID risks this fall and winter
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Join AARP and one of the nation’s preeminent health experts — CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen — for a live Q&A national tele-town hall conversation.
Making timely decisions about vaccines can be vital for your health and safety. And older adults, in particular, face heightened health risks and longer hospital stays from common respiratory illnesses like flu, RSV, and COVID. Understanding your pre-existing conditions, healthy behaviors, and considering which vaccines you need has never been more crucial.
Dr. Cohen will share the latest information and expectations for respiratory illnesses this upcoming fall and winter and answer questions about vaccine efficacy, timing, and your wellbeing.
Speakers:
- Moderator: Bill Walsh, Senior Vice President, AARP
- Organizer: Shani Hosten, Vice President, AARP
- Presenter: Megan O'Reilly, Vice President, AARP
- Presenter: Mandy Cohen, CDC Director, MD, MPH
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