People pass around two things over the holidays: Grandma’s fruit cake, and the flu.
Morristown officials can’t do anything about the fruit cake. But they are offering flu shots for the bargain price of $15 to any adult who is not allergic to the vaccine.
“Everyone’s exposed to a lot of people over the holidays. That’s when the virus spreads,” said Morristown Health Officer Darlene O’Connell.
She has vaccine left over from a fall round of inoculations, and received speedy approval last month from Mayor Tim Dougherty and the town council to offer the shots at cost to any adults–including nonresidents–who want them, she said.
Vaccinations against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough (ages 11-64) ; meningitis (ages 2 to 55) ; pneumonia (65 and older; younger with a doctor’s prescription); and human papillomavirus (ages 9-29) also are available at the same price per shot.
The shots are free for town employees and retirees.
Inoculations will be offered from noon to 2 pm on Wednesdays in December, starting Dec. 8, on the second floor of town hall at 200 South Street. An interpreter will be on hand. Appointments are not required. For more details, call (973) 796-1975.
