{"id":28070,"date":"2021-10-05T16:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=28070"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:14:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:14:28","slug":"important-information-about-the-flu-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/important-information-about-the-flu-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Important information about the Flu Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/important-information-about-the-flu-vaccine\/flu\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/StNinians\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/10\/05161233\/flu.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"705,436\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"flu\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/StNinians\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/10\/05161233\/flu-300x186.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/StNinians\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/10\/05161233\/flu.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28069\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/StNinians\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/10\/05161233\/flu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/StNinians\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/10\/05161233\/flu.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/StNinians\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2021\/10\/05161233\/flu-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important information about the Flu Vaccine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The flu vaccine is now being offered to all secondary school pupils and staff in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>This is for three reasons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Flu can be serious, even for healthy people.<\/li>\n<li>To reduce the risk of spreading flu to friends and family.<\/li>\n<li>To help prevent the flu virus putting extra strain on our NHS services this winter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The flu vaccine is given as a nasal (nose) spray into each nostril. It\u2019s quick and painless and there is no need to sniff or inhale the vaccine. It will just feel like a tickle in the nose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should you do next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please read the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthscotland.com\/documents\/57657.aspx\">Flu vaccine for secondary school pupils<\/a>\u2019 leaflet<\/li>\n<li>Please read the Flu Vaccine parent leaflet ;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealthscotland.scot\/media\/8716\/web_parent-leaflet_0332.pdf\">https:\/\/publichealthscotland.scot\/media\/8716\/web_parent-leaflet_0332.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll receive a consent form from school. It\u2019s important you talk about this with your son\/daughter, and complete and return the consent form to the school office if you have not already done so.<\/li>\n<li>Watch the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qSm2Uvdb4GM&amp;t=82s\">What to expect during your flu vaccination\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For further information about the flu vaccine visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/childflu\"><strong>nhsinform.scot\/childflu<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When will pupils and staff receive their Flu vaccine?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 15<sup>th<\/sup> November S1 &#8211; S3 Pupils and Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 16<sup>th<\/sup> November S4 &#8211; S6 Pupils and Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NHS Scotland recommends you get your flu vaccine this year. <\/strong>The flu vaccine is the safest, most effective way to protect yourself against flu.<\/p>\n<p>This video animation fives further information on the Importance of the Flu vaccine<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qSm2Uvdb4GM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qSm2Uvdb4GM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important information about the Flu Vaccine The flu vaccine is now being offered to all secondary school pupils and staff in Scotland. This is for three reasons: Flu can be serious, even<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/important-information-about-the-flu-vaccine\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28071,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28070\/revisions\/28071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}