When should I get the flu vaccine, and does coronavirus change things?

Notes:

-Australians are recommended to get their flu shot from mid-April
-It's unclear how much seasonal flu could worsen COVID-19, but experts want to avoid people having both
-Flu vaccinations are free for at-risk groups, including children aged six months to five years
-Receiving a vaccination from April provides optimal protection from influenza ahead of the peak period of influenza circulation, which typically occurs from June to September in most parts of Australia.

-There are some people that are eligible for a free flu vaccine because they are most at risk of poor outcomes. This includes:
  .Children aged six months to five years (this is new in 2020)
  .Pregnant women (during any stage of pregnancy)
  .People aged 65 years and over
  .Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months and over.
  .People aged six months and over with medical conditions that mean they have a higher risk of flu complications (e.g. those with diabetes, severe asthma, lung or heart disease)

summery:
The flu vaccine is the most important measure you can take to prevent influenza and its complications. Although the flu vaccine won't combat COVID-19, it would help to reduce the severity and spread of seasonal influenza, which can lower a person's immunity and make them susceptible to other illnesses.It's important to be protected early on when the flu season kicks off, but also several months later, when flu activity peaks.While the vaccine is generally expected to provide you immunity for the whole season, research shows its effectiveness can start to wane after three to four months.

In order to achieve the highest level of protection during peak flu season, the Department of Health recommends people get vaccinated from mid-April.

In most cases the flu vaccine is available through your local GP. Immunization services can also be accessed at pharmacies, community health clinics, Aboriginal Medical Services, through school-based immunization programs, and at some workplaces.While Government-subsidised vaccines for at-risk people will be made available in mid-April, the general public will be able to access flu vaccinations (for a cost) from mid-March at pharmacies, and from April at GPs.

Flu vaccine and coronavirus

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-03-05/when-to-get-flu-vaccine-coronavirus-covid-19/12024498

Fred Hollows

Timeline:
1929 was born in New Zealand
1942 given a Bachelor of  Arts degree
1958 married to Mary Skiller
1961 study ophthalmology at Moorfield Eye Hospital in England
1965 move to Australia and became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Unuversity of                 New South Wales in Sydney
1965-1992 was chair of the ophthalmology division
1975 married to his first wife Mary Skiller
1980 married to his second wife Gabi Hollows
1989 he diagnosed with cancer
1992 travelled to Vietnam and set up a foundation
1993 he died


Turning point

After doing some charity work he decided to dedicate his life to medical eye reasons and enrolled himself into Otago Medical School.


Achievement

He became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
He set up a foundation which opened modern intraocular lens factories.

George Orwell's

Timeline:
1903 was born in India.
1911 went to St Cyprian's School in Eastbourne.
1917 won a scholarship to Eton.
1921 joined the British police in Burma.
1927 resigned.
1928 he journeyed to Paris.
1932-1933 worked as a teacher in private school.
1933 was published his first book in Paris and London.
1934 got a part time job in a second handbook shop and published a first novel.
1935 had another novel published called Clergyman's Daughter.
1936 published Keep[ the Aspidistra Flying , married Eileen , commissioned to write a book
         about poverty in northern England and left Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
1937 published The Road to Wigan Pier.
1938 published A Homage to Catalonia and suffered from tuberculosis.
1938-1939 spent the winter in Marocco.
1939 published Coming Up For Air novel.
1941-1943 worked for the BBC and became editor  for the Tribune a lift wing magazine.
1945 published Animal Farm and his wife died.
1949 published masterpiece and married his second wife Sonia.
1950 died.
  
Turning points

George Orwell grew dissatisfied and decided to become a writer.

Achievement

He won a scholarship to Eton.