There ’s never been a good excuse not to get a flu jab , and this year there ’s even less justification for overlooking this vital preventative measure .   Anyone with a smartphone can now call upon taxi - ordering Robert William Service Uber to present a vaccinum - wielding nurse verbatim to their room access . Registered nurses will be leave by travel clinic companyPassport Healthbetween the hour of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Thursday , November 19 in around 35 unlike metropolis across the U.S.

grant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , anyone over the age of six months should get an annual vaccination , “ with uncommon elision . ”   This is because influenza viruses constantly change , and   the body ’s immune reaction from each vaccination declines over prison term , so it ’s necessary to top up each class to outride protected . Failing to do so can be dangerous , withofficial figuresshowing that influenza can toss off anywhere from 3,000 to 49,000 hoi polloi in the U.S. each class .

Fortunately , no one need become one of these statistic , with stock vaccines – ortrivalent shots – protecting against three different types of grippe computer virus . These admit two grippe A viruses ( H1N1 and H3N2 ) and one form of influenza B.

customer will be charged $ 10 ( £ 6.50 ) for each call - out . This price only partially covers the cost of the medication , with the rest being paid for by Uber , Passport Health and a public health information company call Epidemico . Furthermore , each nursemaid will be able to present up to ten shots per call - out , so a whole year of immunity could be as little as $ 1 ( 65p ) per mortal .

Here ’s a list of the city where the service will be available :

Northeast : Baltimore ; Boston ; Hartford , Conn. ; Hoboken , N.J. ; Jersey City , N.J. ; New York ; Philadelphia ; Providence , R.I .. ; Washington , Worcester , Mass.

South : Atlanta ; Charleston , S.C. ; Charlotte , N.C. ; Dallas ; Houston ; Nashville , Tenn. ; New Orleans ; Orlando ; Raleigh / Durham , N.C. ; Richmond ; Tampa Bay , Fla.

Midwest : Columbus , Ohio ; Des Moines , Iowa ; Detroit ; Grand Rapids , Mich. ; Indianapolis ; Kansas City , Mo. ; Milwaukee ; Pittsburgh

West : Boise , Idaho ; Los Angeles ; Orange County , Calif. ; Phoenix ; Portland , Ore. ; San Francisco , Seattle .