Your 78-year-old patient has never had a flu vaccine, and states “I have heard that…

Your 78-year-old patient has never had a flu vaccine, and states “I have heard that the flu shot gives you the flu. I don’t want one.” What education would you provide for this patient? geoquad Older adults are especially vulnerable to both the short- and long-term complications of this infection geoquad Mortality rates in patients 75 years and older are four to eight times higher than those seen for patients aged 65 to 74 years geoquad Vaccination causes an immune response in order to provide some protection from the virus geoquad An active flu vaccine causes a low level bout of the flu. 1 pts