Appointments are now open for flu vaccines in Quebec as the province’s health department warns of an early flu season.
The Quebec health and social services department says vulnerable people should get their shots before the holiday season.
People will be able to get vaccinated for the flu, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the same appointment.
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This year, only some vulnerable Quebecers will be eligible for free shots.
This includes people over 65, people who have chronic illnesses and pregnant women.
Others will need to pay for the shots in Quebec.
Most provinces in Canada will start providing the flu vaccine by the end of the month, and respiratory virus specialists say Canadians should get their flu shot as soon as it becomes available.
— With files from Nicole Ireland
AND a number of albertans were already beetching (thanks to some doctors) and complaining last week yet that our government was way behind in offering the shots. Seems that QUEBEC is giving their shots around the same time as Alberta is. So there!!! Bookings for Alberta’s fall influenza and COVID-19 immunization program opened on October 5, 2026, with actual vaccinations starting on October 19, 2026.”
Seeing as flu shots are not that effective, and they do not announce whether it is a true vaccine or a mRNA gene shot. Vulnerable people should not get it. The flu is not serious, and the potential consequences can be deadly.
Of course virus specialists want to protect their jobs and make the flu shot necessary. If you are pregnant, do you want to risk what happens when your body rushes to develop immunity to a flu that may not be this year’s problem?