We are excited to announce the 2024 calendar for the counties offering drive-thru flu clinics. Drive-thru flu clinics allow you to stay in your car from registration to vaccination. Most insurances are accepted or available for $30 cash price.
To learn more about flu vaccines visit the CDC website.
You can find the dates and locations of each drive-thru in the table below.
Drive-thru clinics are in addition to walk in service at all health departments during regular hours.
**Please note dates and locations are subject to change* Verify with your local health department before you go.**
| County | Location | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habersham | Habersham County Health Department (185 Scoggins Dr, Demorest, GA 30535) | September 19, 2024 | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Forsyth | Forsyth County Health Department (428 Canton Rd, Cumming, GA 30040) | September 21, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
| Hart | Hartwell First Methodist Church, **Gym parking lot off S. Webb ST** (200 E Howell St, Hartwell, GA 30643) | September 24, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
| Lumpkin | Lumpkin County Health Department (60 Mechanicsville Rd, Dahlonega, GA 30533) | September 24, 2024 | 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
| Franklin | Senior Center in Carnesville (6955 GA-145, Carnesville, GA 30521) | October 1, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
| Stephens | Stephens County Health Department (64 N Blvd, Toccoa, GA 30577) | October 1, 2024 | 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
| Towns | Towns County Health Department (1104 Jack Dayton Cir, Young Harris, GA 30582) | October 1, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Hart | Hartwell First Methodist Church, **Gym parking lot off S. Webb ST** (200 E Howell St, Hartwell, GA 30643) | October 8, 2024 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
| Banks | Banks County Health Department (667 Thompson St, Homer, GA 30547) | October 10, 2024 | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Franklin | Royston Housing Authority (216 Hartwell St, Royston, GA 30662) | October 10, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
| White | Cleveland Worship Center (453 Helen Hwy, Cleveland, GA 30528) | October 15, 2024 | 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM |
| Franklin | Lavonia City Hall (12221 Augusta Rd, Lavonia, GA 30553) | October 22, 2024 | 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM |
| Union | Union County Health Department (67 Chase Drive, Blairsville, GA 30512) | October 22, 2024 | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
| Stephens | Stephens County Health Department (64 N Blvd, Toccoa, GA 30577) | November 5, 2024 | 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
Each year, District 2 public health departments provide drive-thru flu shots to our communities. Not only does this help our citizens get flu shots in a quick and easy, no-fuss way, it also serves as an emergency preparedness exercise for our Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Point of Dispensing (POD). This exercise ensures our nurses and health department teams can dispense medical countermeasures in a public health emergency.
Avoid the flu by driving through your county health department’s drive-thru flu clinic.
Flu Facts from the CDC
Q1. WHO SHOULD GET A FLU SHOT?
A1. Everyone 6 months and older.
Q2. WHEN IS FLU SEASON?
A2. In the United States, flu season occurs in the fall and winter. While influenza viruses spread year-round, most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, but activity can last as late as May
Q3. HOW EFFECTIVE ARE FLU VACCINES?
A3. While vaccine effectiveness (VE) can vary, recent studies show that flu vaccination reduces the risk of flu illness by between 40% and 60% among the overall population during seasons when most circulating flu viruses are well-matched to those used to make flu vaccines.
Q4. CAN FLU VACCINE GIVE ME FLU?
A4. No, a flu vaccine cannot cause flu illness. Flu vaccines that are given with a needle (flu shots) are currently made in two ways: the vaccine is made either with a) flu vaccine viruses that have been killed (inactivated) and are therefore not infectious, or b) with proteins from a flu virus (which is the case for recombinant influenza vaccine).