Interior Health’s president and CEO Susan Brown wrote a letter to the public, explaining how the influenza vaccine could possibly help B.C.’s health-care system in the coming weeks.“So far, Interior Health has been fortunate that our health-care system has kept up to the demands of COVID-19.
But I can share with you, we are seeing challenges in some places, such as testing sites and labs, and we have entered a fragile time with the cooler weather,” she wrote.“We need to avoid the influx of really sick patients with influenza, which, combined with COVID-19 pressures, could push our health-care system to the edge.