Free Flu Vaccine at All Hamilton County Health Department Clinic Locations

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department announces that anyone who wants a flu shot can get it free while supplies last. Several hundred doses were ordered for their recent drive-through flu shot clinic held last week. Despite the success of that event, hundreds of doses still remain and will be offered free while the special supply lasts. No appointment is necessary but anyone with questions can call (423) 209-8340.

The flu shot remains the best way to protect yourself from four different influenza viruses. Other preventive measures include frequent handwashing, stay at home if you are sick, take anti-virals as prescribed, cover your cough or sneeze, avoid sick people if possible.

Health Department clinic locations:

Chattanooga, 921 East 3^rd Street, Chattanooga TN, 37403, 423-209-8340
Birchwood, 5625 Hwy 60, Birchwood TN, 37308, 423-961-0446
Ooltewah, 5520 High St, Ooltewah TN, 37363, 423-238-4269
Sequoyah/Soddy-Daisy, 9527 West Ridge Trail Rd, Soddy Daisy TN, 37379, 423-842-3031
Homeless Health Care Center, 730 East 11th St, Chattanooga TN 37403, 423- 265-5708

Learn more about influenza and track local statistics on the Health Department’s Seasonal Influenza web page

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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