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Flu Shots Available in Eureka, Wildwood

Flu shots are being dispensed in Rockwood School District schools, as well as the local Walgreens. Schedules and costs are included. Not all condone flu shots, though.

 

Costs for flu shots vary by type and individual. However, not everyone agrees flu shots are the best approach to optimal overall health.

See related post from Dr. Nick Barnes, 212 Degrees of Wellness in Wildwood:  Flu Vaccines: Do Benefits Really Outweigh Risks?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials recommend everyone aged 6 months and older get a flu shot. Find out what the CDC recommends that parents know about the flu.

Walgreens' pharmacists at both the Eureka and Wildwood locations are providing flu shots during their typical pharmacy hours:

  • Monday through Friday:  8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Satrurday:  8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Sunday:  10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The cost of a flu shot at Walgreens without insurance is $31.99; flu shot costs vary with different insurance companies.

For residents of the Rockwood School District, flu shots will be available at several schools through Nov. 8.

Via the Rockwood School District program, flu shots are $20 for Rockwood employees and their immediate families, or $30 for FluMist.

The Rockwood program offers flu shots for $28 for Rockwood students and community members, or $38 for FluMist. For each flu shot given to a student or community member, $3 will be donated back to the school.

9/27/12 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eureka High
9/27/12 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Green Pines Elementary
10/2/12  3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eureka Elementary
10/3/12 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Geggie Elementary
10/8/12 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Blevins Elementary
10/9/12 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Lafayette High
10/11/12 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Annex
10/16/12 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Office
10/16/12 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. LaSalle Springs Middle
10/17/12 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Rockwood Valley Middle
10/17/12 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Babler Elementary

10/22/12 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Clarkson Valley Early Childhood Center
10/22/12 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Center for Creative Learning
10/24/12 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Fairway Elementary
10/24/12 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Pond Elementary

Editor's Note:  Shots at Wildwood Middle School already were held Sept. 12.

Click here for a schedule of flu shot clinics at the other Rockwood schools at different dates and times.

Related Topics: CDC and Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu Shots, Flu Vaccine Benefits, Flu Vaccine Risks, Flu Vaccines, Rockwood Flu Shots, Rockwood School District, Walgreens, and flu shot clinics
For more information about Rockwood School District flu shot clinics, contact Amy Wehr, supervisor of health and wellness, at (636) 733.2008 or via e-mail at wehramy@rockwood.k12.mo.us. Do you know of other public flu shot clinics slated for the Wildwood and Eureka area? Share locations in the comments' section of this article. Tell us in the comments.

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