Press Releases: Georgia
October 1, 2007
Flu Shot Saturday Kicks Off Kaiser Permanente’s Fall Influenza Campaign
ATLANTA – On Saturday, Oct. 27, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia will kick off its annual fall influenza campaign with Flu Shot Saturday at 15 medical facilities.
On Flu Shot Saturday, flu shots are free for all Kaiser Permanente members from 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Non-members who are caregivers to Kaiser Permanente members can get a flu shot for $20. Pneumococcal vaccines are also available.
"Influenza is a viral infection that makes people prone to pneumonia. The Centers for Disease Control recommends a flu shot for anyone who wishes to decrease their chance of getting influenza this winter, not just those with an underlying medical condition," said Juanita Cone, MD, chief of Population Based Care, Prevention and Health Promotion for Kaiser Permanente.
In addition to Flu Shot Saturday, Kaiser Permanente members will have the following opportunities to receive a flu shot:
- Daytime/Weekdays: October 30 – November 21
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at all KP medical centers
9 a.m.–noon and 2–5 p.m.*
*Note: The Brookwood Medical Center hours are 7–11 a.m. and 1–3 p.m.
- After-Hours: October 30 – November 25
After-Hour Centers are Cumberland, Southwood and Gwinnett medical centers
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6–9 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Who Should Get Flu Shots
- Persons age 50 years and older
- Persons age 2-64 who have a medical condition such as: diabetes, heart disease, asthma, kidney disease, sickle cell anemia, HIV-AIDS, stroke, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s Disease
- Pregnant women
- Health care workers
- Children age 6-59 months
- Children age 6 months – 18 years if on chronic aspirin therapy
- Caregivers of high risk individuals
- Residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities
- Anyone who wants to avoid getting the flu
Kaiser Permanente Locations for Flu Shots
- Alpharetta, 3550 Preston Ridge Road, Alpharetta
- Brookwood, 1745 Peachtree Road, Suite U, Atlanta
- Cascade, 1175 Cascade Parkway, Atlanta
- Crescent, 200 Crescent Centre Parkway, Tucker
- Cumberland (After-Hours), 2525 Cumberland Parkway, Atlanta
- Forsyth, 1400 Northside Forsyth Drive, Suite 350,Cumming
- Glenlake, 20 Glenlake Parkway, Atlanta
- Gwinnett (After-Hours), 3650 Steve Reynolds Blvd, Duluth
- Henry Towne Centre, 1125 Towne Centre Village Drive, McDonough
- Panola, 5440 Hillandale Drive, Lithonia
- Southwood (After-Hours), 2400 Mt. Zion Parkway, Jonesboro
- Sugar Hill-Buford, 1435 Broadmoor Blvd., Sugar Hill
- Stonecrest, 8011 Mall Parkway, Lithonia
- TownPark, 750 TownPark Lane, Kennesaw
- West Cobb, 3640 Tramore Pointe Parkway, Austell
Kaiser Permanente is the state of Georgia's largest nonprofit health plan, serving the health care needs of Atlanta metro area residents for 22 years. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. currently provides comprehensive health care services to approximately 275,000 members through 15 medical facilities in a 28-county service, and a network of affiliated hospitals and physicians. The Health Plan provided more than $5 million in community benefit programs and services.