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Near 6 month old needs a flu shot. how old should he be and how long in between the two shots should we wait?

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Now: You can start the flu vaccine at 6 months. The next dose would be in 4 weeks.

Dr Ferguson and 5 doctors agreed

Answered 6/2/2017

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