flu and COVID-19 vaccination to help take pressure off a stressed health-care system during the fourth wave of the pandemic.Health Minister Paul Merriman received his seasonal influenza shot on Thursday as part of this year’s flu immunization campaign.“Getting the flu shot is important every year but given the pressures that we are seeing in our health-care system, it’s especially important this year,” Merriman said.“I know we all have busy lives and I know it’s easy to say ‘I’ll get around to it later;’ how easy it is to think that ‘the flu shot is no big deal.’“We have lost many lives to COVID-19 over the past year, but thanks to our provincial vaccination-team professionals working hard, we’ve been able to stick it to COVID and we’ve.