Now amidst a different pandemic environment and laxed social distancing that has prompted influenza’s inevitable resurgence, annual vaccination remains the best way to protect ourselves and families.

http://familiesfightingflu.org/

Influenza vaccination is critical in helping to avoid a potential ‘twindemic’ and alleviate the burden on our healthcare system. According to the CDC, it is both safe and effective for a COVID-19 vaccine to be co-administered with a seasonal flu vaccine and may even improve the uptake of both vaccines/boosters.

Key Flu Facts:

Influenza vaccination prevents hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations each year and can alleviate the growing burden on our healthcare system

Flu vaccine is especially critical for protecting vulnerable populations, including young children, older adults, and people with chronic health conditions

Children under 18 years of age suffered nearly 52,500 flu-related hospitalizations and 434 deaths in 2019/20, which is why it’s critical for parents of children under 18 years of age to be vigilant about vaccination

Shelle Allen, President, Families Fighting Flu (a national, nonprofit, advocacy organization dedicated to protecting children, families, and communities against the flu) will be available to discuss the importance of flu vaccines and help families plan for it. Shelle has a personal connection to this issue. Her daughter, Madi Allen, was placed on life support when she was 12 years old as a result of influenza, and even had part of her left lung removed more than a decade later due to long-term effects.

Joining Shelle will be Gregg Sylvester, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Seqirus, a global leader in influenza prevention, which is partnering with Families Fight Flu, urging them to take a “Promise” to stay on track for flu vaccines.

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The World’s Fare: Food, Music, Art & Sumo
Citi Field – Flushing, NY

Capturing all the excitement of the ’39 and ’64 World’s Fairs in Queens, but switching it up to focus on the borough’s diverse cuisine, music and art, The World’s Fare comes to vibrant multi-culti life at Citi Field. It all starts with New York chefs, restaurants and street food vendors — representing as many as 100 cultures — who’ll be offering their specialties for sale. Adults can also hit the beer garden, which includes craft-beer tastings from around 45 breweries and a souvenir mug, via a special admission ticket. Plus, you and the family can check out world music from live bands, art installations featuring Lego and street art, a variety of vendors and special demos by a world-champion Sumo wrestler.

Event Website
https://theworldsfare.nyc/

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Epitaph / Farewell letter that I’m placing with Angel when I bury her on Towd Point and that I posted on Facebook
December 4th, 2012

Enjoy the Towd Point Sunsets
My Beautiful Angel ___ …

Enjoy your gait, as you prance across the stars.
Enjoy your wings, as you sail across to Samadhi.

Enjoy the sounds you hear,
Now that the noise is all forgotten.
Enjoy the effortless breath of your now eternal life,
In the Mystic, in the Moonlight, by the Oceans Sands of Time

Of all the world class love affairs that have blessed my life across the years, none were quite so sweet, so gentle,
so tender, nor so dear.

We whispered words of love within our glances
and throughout our joys, in our moments spent together,
clinging to one another’s side.

So Enjoy the Serene, the Sublime, the Peace, the Divine,
for you are on your way to Heaven, now, to Bliss
and in My Heart and Soul Forever,

and My Love For You
and Memories of Our Time Together
Will Never Die ___…

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