Special Edition: Get Your Family’s Flu and COVID-19 Shots + TRICARE Open Season is Now (8 Nov-13 Dec 2021)

Summary: Don’t let vaccine fatigue keep you from protecting your family against the flu and COVID-19. Experts from the Defense Health Agency join AUSA’s Holly Dailey to discuss how getting vaccinated is the best path to immunity and to avoiding a possible “twindemic” this flu season. Also, don’t forget to update your health plan, if you need to, during TRICARE Open Season from 8 November to 13 December, 2021. Guests:LTC Christopher Ellison, Deputy Chief for Operations, Immunization Healthcare Division, Defense Health Agency Ann Morse, Family Nurse Practitioner, Immunization Healthcare Division, Defense Health Agency Jeremy Schneider, Program Analyst, TRICARE Policy and Programs, Defense Health Agency Host: Holly Dailey, AUSA’s Director of Family Readiness Resources: Immunization Healthcare DivisionDefense Health AgencyWeb: www.health.mil/vaccinePhone: 877-438-8222   TRICARE Open Season: 8 November – 13 December 2021Web: https://tricare.mil/openseason   Recommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org.