Who should be vaccinated

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• People age 50 and older.

• Residents of long-term care facilities.

• Women who will be more than 3 months pregnant during the flu season.

• Adults and children age 6 months and older with chronic lung, heart or kidney conditions, diabetes or impaired immune systems.

• Children who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy.

• Health-care workers.

• People who will be in close contact with those at high risk of flu complications.

• Healthy children age 6 months to 2 years, their household contacts and out-of-home caretakers.

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