Flu vaccination experts, I have a question for you:

There seems to be a trade-off between individual & community flu protection: waiting till Nov might be better for me, but getting vax in Sept might be better for the community. When should people be getting flu vax this year?

A bit of background (as I understand it, & I could be wrong):

The flu vaccine offers reasonable individual protection but only for 4-6 months. So getting vax in Sept could mean you get the flu in Feb.

But if “everyone” got vax in Sept, maybe we can largely prevent flu season?

Fantastic discussion in this thread & worth reading all the expert replies’ The tl;dr: epidemiologists & clinicians agree, get your flu vaccine as soon as you can this year!