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LOUISIANA CHILD
DIES FROM THE
FLU, HEALTH
EXPERTS WARN
EVERYONE TO
GET
VACCINATED IF
THEY HAVEN'T
ALREADY.
CAROLYN
SCOFIELD
EXPLAINS,
THERE'S STILL
TIME TO GET
VACCINATED,
AND THE
BENEFITS CAN
LAST FOR
MONTHS.
PHARMACY
MANAGER CHRIS
REVIERE SAYS
THERE'S STILL
PLENTY OF TIME
TO GET A FLU
SHOT. THE
SEASON
USUALLY PEAKS
IN LATE
JANUARY TO
EARLY
FEBRUARY....
BUT CASES OF
CAN APPEAR AS
LATE AS MAY.
THE
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND
HOSPITALS SAYS
THE FLU IS STILL
WIDESPREAD
AROUND THE
STATE...AND
LAST WEEK, D-
H-H REPORTED
THE SECOND
PEDIATRIC
DEATH THIS
SEASON. STATE
OFFICIALS KNOW
OF AT LEAST 46
DEATHS FROM
INFLUEZA SINCE
OCTOBER...AND
SAY THERE
COULD BE MANY
MORE.
THIS YEAR'S
VACCINE
OFFERS
PROTECTION
AGAINST BOTH
SEASONAL FLU
AND THE H-1-N-1
VIRUS, ALSO
KNOWN AS
SWINE FLU. THAT
STRAIN IS MORE
COMMON THIS
SEASON.... AND
ALSO MORE
LIKELY TO
CAUSE
COMPLICATIONS
IN PEOPLE WHO
HAVE PRE-
EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
WHILE FLU
MEDINCINES ARE
FLYING OFF THE
SHELF, LOCAL
PHARMACISTS
SAY THEY'RE
NOT SEEING A
SHORTAGE OF
FLU VACCINES.
THE SHOTS ARE
OFTEN FREE
WITH
INSURANCE.
THAT'S A RELIEF
FOR ANDREW
DAVIS, WHOSE
BIG REASON TO
GET
VACCINATED
THIS YEAR IS HIS
LITTLE ONE.
)
STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY
THE MORE FLU
SHOTS YOU GET
IN YOUR
LIFETIME, THE
BETTER.
THE FLU
CHANGES FROM
YEAR TO YEAR
AND SO DO THE
VACCINES, SO
YOU START TO
BUILD UP
IMMUNIITY
AGAINST A
NUMBER OF