Influenza Guide for Pharmacists

As people wait for the development of a vaccine for COVID-19, they may consider the need for other vaccinations as well.

Pharmacists will likely encounter increased demand for the influenza vaccine during the 2020-2021 flu season because of the widely recognized value of this preventive health measure, and the anticipated continued circulation of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

To combat influenza, widespread vaccination efforts by health care providers must be combined with a targeted and effective annual influenza vaccine.

Seasonal influenza is usually active from October to May and is caused by A and B strains of the influenza virus.

Prepping for flu season in 2020: why the vaccine is more important than ever.

Many measures that were concomitantly being instituted across the country to curtail the spread of COVID-19 also decreased the spread of the influenza virus.