Preparing for flu season amid COVID-19 with Uber Health

Flu vaccinations prevent millions of illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths attributed to the flu every year.¹ In 2020, with the similarity of symptoms between COVID-19 and the flu, a decrease in primary care and preventive medicine appointments, and the elevated importance of not burdening an already overwhelmed healthcare system,² flu vaccinations are more important than ever. Manufacturers are working to keep up with that demand, projected to make 20 million more vaccinations for the 2020-2021 flu season than they did last year.³

However, access to flu vaccinations may also be more challenging than ever. Offices and schools that typically offer the convenience of on-site flu clinics may be closed or operating remotely, and people are staying home.

Even during non-pandemic times, we know that transportation can be a barrier for patients to get to their healthcare appointments, and that offering rides can be one way to help reduce no-shows. By providing patients with rides to and from flu clinics to get their vaccines, organizations can help increase flu vaccination access. 


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Read more about Uber’s Door-to-Door safety standards during the COVID-19 pandemic.

¹ https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/past-burden-averted-est.html 
² https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2020-2021.htm
³ https://www.cdc.gov/flu/season/faq-flu-season-2020-2021.htm