Time to get shot
![Jessica Shinn, a third-year pharmacy student at WSU Spokane, puts a bandage on nursing student Addie Burkhart after giving her a flu shot during a health fair on Thursday at the Riverpoint campus in downtown Spokane. (Tyler Tjomsland)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/o4OaW-Qd3iapKx3wS4pJgikMdF8=/810x0/media.spokesman.com/photos/2014/10/10/flushotCP1010.jpg)
While Ebola has hit the headlines, we must pay attention to a bigger threat to our health: the flu. Each year that illness claims thousands of lives.
People over age 65 and younger than 2 years are at higher risk than others. Anyone who lives among a lot of other people in places like school dormitories or long-term care facilities may be at higher risk. And those with chronic health issues such as heart, lung, or kidney conditions, diabetes, or a weakened immune system should consider the vaccine.
(S-R photo: Jessica Shinn, a third-year pharmacy student at WSU Spokane, puts a bandage on nursing student Addie Burkhart after giving her a flu shot. )