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Each year, the flu kills an estimated 20,000 people nationally and hospitalizes another 114,000. The elderly and other high-risk people should be the first to receive flu vaccinations, according to a public health advisory issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the 2002-03 influenza season.
Flu shots will be given to persons who are disabled or age 55 and older at the following senior and community centers on a first-come-first-serve basis.
* Campbell Senior Center, 1 W. Campbell Ave., banquet hall on the Winchester side; Nov. 1, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; cost is $5.
* Santa Clara Senior Center, 1303 Fremont St.; Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to noon; cost is $5.
* Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave.; Nov. 2 and 9, 8 a.m. to noon; cost is $5.
* Cupertino Senior Center, Quinlan Community Center, 10185 Stelling; Nov. 7, beginning at 9 a.m.; cost is $8.
* Willows Senior Center, 2175 Lincoln Ave.; Nov. 7, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; cost is $8.
* Sunnyvale Senior Center, 820 West McKinley Ave.; Nov. 8, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; cost is $8.
* Los Gatos Neighborhood Center, 208 Main St.; Nov. 14, 1 to 4 p.m.; cost is $8.
* Some Longs Drugs Stores will have flu shots available in October for $20: Oct. 15, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bascom Avenue across from the Pruneyard in Campbell; Oct. 21 and Nov. 2, 4 to 7 p.m., 5285 Prospect Road, San Jose; Oct. 23, 4 to 7 p.m., 750 Blossom Hill Road (Kings Court), Los Gatos.
Flu shots are also available through many primary care physicians.
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