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AREA.
SOME IMPORTANT HEALTH NEWS
FOR YOU.
FLU SEASON HAS ARRIVED.
IT IS STARTING EARLIER THIS YEAR
THAN IT HAS IN PAST YEARS.
WALTER ALLEN IS WORKING ON THE
STORY AND JOINS US WITH THAUTSZ
ABOUT HOW TO KEEP THE FLU BUG
FROM YOU THIS SEASON.
IT IS STARTING EARLIER.
THEY ARE CALLING IT THE H3 N 2
BUT THE VACCINE IS MATCHING UP
WITH IT.
THE STRAIN IS A LITTLE STRONGER.
THE CDC.GOV IS SAYING THE FLU
THIS YEAR.
THAT'S ABOUT THE FIRST TIME IN
TEN YEARS IT HAS DONE THAT.
HERE'S A MAP OF WHAT THE STATES
LOOK LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STAND NEXT
TO THE ONES SURROUNDING US.
WE HAVE SPORADIC NUMBERS.
SANDWICHED BETWEEN ILLINOIS,
OHIO AND KENTUCKY WHICH HAVE
HIGHER NUMBERS THAN WE DO.
THE BIG GROUP OF THOSE AFFECTED
PREGNANT OR NEED TO GET SHOTS
THOSE PREGNANT 65 OR OLDER AND
CHILDREN WITH KIDS.
THE CDC.GOV IS CALLING FOR THOSE
UNDER THE AGE OF 5 OESPECIALLY
VACCINATED.
VACCINATIONS.
SPREAD THE VIRUS DAYS BEFORE
THEY SHOW ANY SYMPTOMS.
IT WAS A VERY LONG PERIOD WHERE
THEY ARE CONTAGIOUS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS.
THERE'S THE REGULAR APPROVED
SHOT 6 MONTHS AND OLDER.
HIGH DOSE FLU SHOTS 65 AND
OLDER.
INTERDERMAL 18-64 THES WHERE
THEY INJECT IT INTO THE SKIN