Will a flu shot protect you from coronavirus? - AL.com

Flu shots are strongly encouraged this year due to COVID-19.

Health experts are urging people to get their flu shot this year as the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S.

But could getting a flu shot also protect you from COVID-19.

“The flu shot can help protect you from having the flu, which results is hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations a year and thousands of deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control recommends people get vaccinated before flu season starts and begins to spread in your community.