Getting your flu shot at VA locations is going to look a little different this year. This year the VA is administering the shots in a drive-thru clinic.
The VA is offering free flu shots for veterans enrolled in VA Health Care.
“Our veterans can stay right in their cars. Just roll down the window. Wear a short sleeve shirt or slip your coat off and we’ll be able to give the vaccine that way,” said R.N. Infection Control Nurse Ann Mattson. “We don’t want to bring people into the medical facility or to the community-based clinics if they don’t really need to be exposed.”
Mattson says a flu shot is the best way to prevent getting the flu. She also recommended other ways to prevent the spreading germs like washing your hands and disinfecting surfaces.
“Avoid touching your face. I think that’s something that we kind of all do and if you really sit and think about what you’re doing with your hands all day. You might touch a surface and touch your nose or your mouth or your eyes. You could be touching that contaminated surface and then contaminating yourself,” said Mattson.
No appointment is necessary.
The following is a list of dates and locations of the drive-thru clinic:
- At the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, located at 325 East H Street in Iron Mountain, MI, on September 21st to 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT.
- At the Hancock, MI VA Clinic, located at 787 Market Street, on September 22nd and 23rd from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET.
- At the Ironwood, MI VA Clinic, located at 629 West Cloverland Drive, on September 29th to 30th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CT.
- At the Manistique, MI VA Clinic, located at 813 East Lakeshore Drive, on October 1st to 2nd from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.
- At the Marquette, MI VA Clinic, located at 1414 West Fair Avenue, Suite 285, on September 24th to 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.
- At the Menominee, MI VA Clinic, located at 1110 10th Avenue, Suite 101, on September 29th to 30th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.
- At the Rhinelander, WI VA Clinic, located at 639 West Kemp Street, on September 24th to 25th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CT.
- At the Sault Ste. Marie, MI Clinic, located at 509 Osborn Blvd, Suite 306, on September 21st to 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.
Veterans may call (800) 215-8262, extension 34758, for updated VA Flu Shot Clinic dates and times at the VA medical center and its seven community-based VA clinics in the Upper Peninsula and northeast Wisconsin.
