Vaccines can help you stay healthy.
Vaccine guidance from the Mayo Clinic.
Medicines called vaccines help your body stop an infection before it starts. Vaccines help you or your child avoid infections that can be severe or deadly. It’s always better to avoid getting sick if you can.
For many diseases, getting older increases the risk of a severe illness. The immune system responds more slowly to infection and vaccination. Unfortunately, people don’t stop being exposed to infection as they age. For example, the influenza virus can infect people every season. A chickenpox infection can reoccur later in life as shingles. People who travel may get diseases that are not common where they originally grew up.
To balance the risk, vaccines are recommended by the ACIP (Advisor Committee on Immunization Practices) for diseases that adults may get and have trouble clearing from their system. Depending on your age, lifestyle, job, travel, previous vaccinations and sexual habits, some vaccines can help prevent serious illness.
From the Mayo Clinic, Vaccines for adults: Which do I need (COVID-19, Flu, Pneumococcal (pneumonia, meningitis and bloodstream infections), Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Shingles (Shingrix), Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap), etc.)?
From the Federal Government, Vaccines.gov, find where to get vaccines. You can always call your doctor or healthcare provider to find out where to get your vaccines.