Cast your ballot in a quick poll to test your knowledge about flu vaccination
and flu vaccine options. Then, compare your responses to our national survey
results.1
How important is it that a child does each of the following? Please select one of the following answer choices for each and press submit:
1. Get immunizations as required
2. Go to the dentist every 6 months
3. Eats vegetables every day
4. Get a check-up every year
5. Exercise every day
6. Takes vitamins every day
See how your responses match up to our
national survey results.1
How important is it that a child does each of the following?
1. Get immunizations as required
Extremely important - 53%
Very important - 32%
Somewhat important - 11%
Not at all important - 4%
2. Go to the dentist every 6 months
Extremely important - 37%
Very important - 45%
Somewhat important - 15%
Not at all important - 2%
3. Eats vegetables every day
Extremely important - 33%
Very important - 43%
Somewhat important - 21%
Not at all important - 3%
4. Get a check-up every year
Extremely important - 39%
Very important - 36%
Somewhat important - 21%
Not at all important - 4%
5. Exercise every day
Extremely important - 25%
Very important - 45%
Somewhat important - 27%
Not at all important - 3%
6. Takes vitamins every day
Extremely important - 20%
Very important - 27%
Somewhat important - 37%
Not at all important - 16%
For more information on influenza vaccination and influenza vaccine options, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About how many days of school do you think a child would have to miss if he or she got...?
1. The flu (influenza)
2. A cold or cough
3. The chickenpox
4. Strep throat
See how your responses match up to our
national survey results.1
About how many days of school do you think a child would have to miss if he or she got...?
1. The flu (influenza)
None - 6%
1 - 2 days - 24%
3 - 5 days - 52%
6 - 10 days - 15%
More than 10 days - 2%
2. A cold or cough
None - 31%
1 - 2 days - 54%
3 - 5 days - 13%
6 - 10 days - 1%
More than 10 days - 1%
3. The chickenpox
None - 10%
1 - 2 days - 3%
3 - 5 days - 33%
6 - 10 days - 44%
More than 10 days - 9%
4. Strep throat
None - 9%
1 - 2 days - 32%
3 - 5 days - 47%
6 - 10 days - 11%
More than 10 days - 2%
Children in kindergarten through sixth grade may miss an average of 4.2
days of school when they have influenza-like illness during a flu outbreak,
according to one study.2 By comparison, in another study looking at children
under six years old attending daycare, an episode of a cold or cough
resulted in .91 to 1.4 days absent, chickenpox 3.06 days absent, and strep
throat, 1.19 days absent.3
For more information on influenza vaccination and influenza vaccine options, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
What can happen when someone gets the flu?
Please select all that apply.
See how your responses match up to our
national survey results.1
What can happen when someone gets the flu?
Fever - 94%
Body aches - 93%
Being very tired - 90%
Headache - 86%
Coughing - 78%
Sore throat - 77%
Runny nose - 74%
Stuffy nose - 71%
Stomach aches - 61%
Earache - 39%
A rash or itchiness - 17%
Not sure - 2%
For actual symptoms of the flu and for more information on influenza vaccination and influenza vaccine options, please visit the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As you may know, the flu vaccine can help protect people from the flu.
How important is it that you get the flu vaccine each year?
See how your responses match up to our
national survey results.1
As you may know, the flu vaccine can help protect people from the flu.
How important is it that you get the flu vaccine each year?
Extremely important - 21%
Very important - 21%
Somewhat important - 26%
Not at all important- 32%
For more information on influenza vaccination and influenza vaccine options, please visit the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
How willing would you be to try a needle-free flu vaccine if the doctor
said it was OK?
See how your responses match up to our
national survey results.1
How willing would you be to try a needle-free vaccine if the doctor said it was OK?
Extremely willing - 26%
Very willing - 28%
Somewhat willing - 29%
Not at all willing - 17%
For more information on influenza vaccination and influenza vaccine options, please visit the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Until recently, public health guidelines recommended that all children
6 months to 5 years old receive an annual flu vaccine. These recommendations were
expanded and now include all children 6 months to 18 years old. Were you aware of these new guidelines?
See how your responses match up to our national survey results.1
Until recently, public health guidelines recommended that all children
6 months to 5 years old receive an annual flu vaccine. These recommendations were
expanded and now include all children 6 months to 18 years old. Were you aware of these new guidelines?
Yes - 24%
No - 71%
Not sure - 6%
For more information on influenza vaccination and influenza vaccine options, please visit the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
