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From YouTube: To Your Health: Get Your Flu Shot
Description
Bloomington Public Health's Karen Stanley talks about ways to protect yourself against the flu this season. She also dispels myths about the flu vaccine.
A
We
are
now
pleased
to
be
joined
by
City
Public
Health
disease
prevention,
clinical
services
manager,
Karen
Stanley,
welcome
to
the
show
Karen.
Thank
you
very
much.
Well,
you
know
we
hate
to
think
about
it,
but
summer
is
winding
down,
and
even
though
you
know,
it's
like
I
said
hard
to
think
about
flu
season
is
upon
us.
Why
don't
you
start
by
talking
a
bit
about
the
the
typical
time
frame
of
a
flu
season?
Well,.
B
I'm
not
sure
there
is
a
typical
time
anymore,
but
as
far
as
what
we
used
to
see
is,
we
would
see
a
lot
more
flu
in
november
december
and
january
and
now
it
seems
to
have
typically
moved
to
more
to
februari
and
March
that
we
actually
see
the
most
cases.
However,
we
still
vaccinate
in
september-october
in
November,
primarily
and
then
continue
on
through
the
rest
of
the
season,
till
probably.
A
B
We
hope
there
will
be
a
vaccine
that
will
be
able
to
cover
all
of
the
different
viruses,
but
at
this
time
the
viruses
do
change
periodically
and
sometimes
there's
a
major
change,
and
sometimes
it's
just
a
minor
change
in
the
type
of
virus
that
circulating
and
so
the
flu
shots
have
different
types
of
viruses
that
they're
trying
to
prevent
depending
upon
the
year
and
what's
circulating
during
that
year.
Okay,.
B
In
most
cases,
we
don't
think
of
this,
the
fluids
being
a
serious
disease.
It's
very
uncomfortable
and
people
can
be
quite
miserable
with
the
flu,
especially
when
they
have
muscle
aches,
headache,
fever
and
nasal
congestion
cough
and
whatever
other
symptoms
they
might
have.
However,
there
are
a
number
of
people
who
do
have
very
serious
complications
to
the
flu
and
may
even
die
from
the
flu.
B
B
The
flu
shot
can't
cause
the
flu.
It
is
an
inactivated
vaccine,
so
it's
a
killed
virus
killed.
Viruses
camp
cause
the
flu.
However,
there
is
the
nasal
spray,
which
is
a
live
attenuated
vaccine
and
it
does
have
a
live
virus
component,
but
it
is
scientific
scientifically
engineered
so
that
it
cannot
cause
the
flu
either.
B
B
The
side
effects
are
usually
pretty
minimal,
with
the
flu
shot
or
with
the
nasal
spray.
The
nasal
spray
most
often
produces
just
kind
of
a
runny
nose
at
me,
casa
throat
and
some
people.
The
flu
shot
is
generally
a
sore
arm
once
in
a
while.
There
may
be
a
little
bit
more
general
malaise
or
just
not
feeling
well
after
they've
had
the
shot,
but
the
serious
side
effects
from
the
flu
shot
are
about
one
in
four
million
people,
so
it
really,
you
know,
generally,
is
pretty
mild.
B
Some
people
think
that
only
the
over
65s
need
a
flu
vaccine,
because
in
the
past
we
primarily
concentrated
our
efforts
on
the
people
who
were
older.
However,
again
as
I
mentioned
before,
the
hospitalizations
may
occur,
mostly
in
young
children
or
persons
over
65,
so
children
up
to
age
2
can
be
at
some
risk.
The
six
month,
olds
and
older
are
all
recommended
for
the
flu
shots,
and
so
we
are
trying
to
immunize
everyone
that
we
possibly
can
at
this
point.
B
That
is
definitely
a
myth.
We
do
try
to
do
most
of
the
vaccination
in
september-october
in
November.
But,
however,
if
the
person
has
not
gotten
the
flu
and
if
the
flu
isn't
really
present
in
the
community,
they
can
still
receive
their
flu
shots
all
through
the
rest
of
the
year
actually,
and
the
vaccine
is
good
until
the
end
of
June
and
last
year
we
did
end
up
vaccinating
a
few
people
in
April
and
May.
Well,.
B
Well,
the
the
best
way
is
hand-washing
hand-washing
serves
as
a
great
deterrent
for
disease
transmission,
and
so
we
always
encourage
people
to
wash
their
hands.
If
somebody
is
coughing,
they
should
cover
their
cough,
and
there
are
posters
posted
everywhere
about
that.
So
I
think
people
are
pretty
aware
of
it.
Also.
If
someone
is
ill,
they
should
not
go
out
and
be
around
other
people.