Doctors Give New Advice on Flu and Covid Shots for Fall
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Top doctors in the US have new advice about vaccines for this fall.
The advice is about flu, Covid, and R.S.V.
Many people feel confused about which shots to get.
Doctors want to make things clear and simple.
Medical groups are telling people to get flu and Covid shots.
This advice is different from the Trump government's advice.
The doctors say vaccines help keep people healthy.
Fall is an important time to get shots.
This is because flu and other sicknesses spread more in fall and winter.
The doctors want people to talk to their own doctor.
A doctor can help you choose the right shots for you.
Vocabulary15 words
- vaccine
- a shot that helps stop sickness
- flu
- a common sickness that spreads in cold weather
- Covid
- a sickness that spread around the world
- R.S.V.
- a sickness that affects breathing
- confused
- not sure or clear about something
- medical groups
- groups of doctors who give health advice
- government
- the people who run a country
- healthy
- having good health
- spread
- to move from person to person
- advice
- help or ideas about what to do
- recommendation
- an official suggestion
- shot
- a small injection of medicine
- sickness
- when your body is not well
- clear
- easy to understand
- important
- very needed or serious
Quiz
Answer key
1. Flu, Covid, and R.S.V. vaccines 2. Because people feel confused 3. False
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Top doctors in the US have new _____ about vaccines for this fall.
The advice is about flu, Covid, and _____.
Many people feel _____ about which shots to get.
Doctors want to make things clear and _____.
Medical groups are telling people to get flu and Covid _____.
This advice is different from the Trump _____'s advice.
The doctors say vaccines help keep people _____.
Fall is an important time to get _____.
This is because flu and other sicknesses _____ more in fall and winter.
The doctors want people to talk to their own _____.
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