Flu shots offered at hundreds of CVS locations

CVS has hundreds of locations where people can get their flu shots this season.

THE SHOT IS NOW AVAILABLE.JOSHJOSH: ANTOINETTE, CVS IS OFCOURSE ONE OF MANY PLACES TO GETA FLU SHOT.THE HEALTH EXPERTS SAY IT’SIT IS IMPORTANT TO GET ONE ASSOON AS HE POSSIBLY CAN RATHERTHAN LATER.WE’VE BEEN TALKING A LOT INRECENT DAYS ABOUT THEMASSACHUSETTS REQUIREMENT FORPUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS TO GET THEIRFLU SHOT THIS FALL, EXCEPT ONSPECIFIC MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUSGROUNDS.AND SOME OF THE OPPOSITION TOTHE VACCINATION.BUT A PHARMACY MANAGER AT CVSPUT IT THIS WAY IF YOU GET COVIDAND THE FLU, YOUR SYMPTOMS WILLMORE THAN LIKELY BE MUCH WORSEWITH THE TWO VIRUSES COMBINEDAND COULD BE VERY SERIOUS.AND SHE THINKS THAT HAS A LOT TODO WITH SO MANY PEOPLE ALREADYARRIVING AT THE PHARMACY TO GETFLU SHOTS IN THE TWO WEEKSTHEY’VE BEEN AVAILABLE TOCUSTOMERS.JENNA POLLOCK: MORE PEOPLE NOWTHAN EVER HAVE SAID, I’VE NEVERGOTTEN MY FLU SHOT BEFORE, BUTI’M GOING TO GET MY FLU SHOTTHIS YEAR.I THINK THEY ARE NOT ONLYTHINKING ABOUT THEMSELVES BUTTHEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIRFRIENDS.IS SOMEONE MORE LIKELY TO GETTHE FLU THAN ME, IS SOMEONE MORELIKELY TO GET COVID THAN ME, ANDBY THEN GETTING THE FLU SHOT ANDPROTECTING OTHER PEOPLE FROMGETTING THE FLU, THEN WE AREDECREASING THE BURDEN ONHOSPITALS AND OTHER PEOPLEAROUND OUR COMMUNITY.JOSH: THE NUMBERS BEAR THAT OUT.DEMAND IS HIGHER ACCORDING TO ASURVEY DONE BY CVS HEALTH.IN JANUARY, 34% OF PEOPLE SAIDTHEY DEFINITELY OVER LIKELY --OR WERE LIKELY TO GET A FLU SHOTIN THE FALL.BY JULY, THAT NUMBER HAS NEARLYDOUBLED TO 66%.HERE’S ANOTHER SET OF NUMBERSTHAT ARE TELLING, CVS ORDERED 19MILLION FLU SHOTS THIS YEARCOMPARED TO 9 MILLION LAST YEAR.LIVE IN THE SEAPORT, J