Information on flu shot vaccines in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties is available from Senior Connection, an information and referral program with the Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens and Area Agency on Aging.  
 
The groups offer the following quick facts:

  • Flu vaccination is especially important for people ages 65 years and older because they are at higher risk of developing serious flu complications.
     
  • While flu seasons vary in severity, during most seasons, people 65 years and older bear the greatest burden of severe flu disease.
     
  • CDC and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) preferentially recommend the use of higher dose flu vaccines (including high-dose inactivated and recombinant) or adjuvanted inactivated flu vaccine over standard-dose unadjuvanted flu vaccines for people 65 years and older.
     
  • CDC recommends prompt flu antiviral treatment for people who have flu or suspected flu and who are at higher risk of serious flu complications, such as people 65 years and older.
     
    Seniors can get their flu shots through their primary care physicians, local pharmacies, local clinics and hospitals and the County Health Departments.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/65over.htm#:~:text=CDC%20and%20the%20Advisory%20Committee,people%2065%20years%20and%20older.