>> WE ARE OFFICIALLY AND FLU SEASON SO WERE KICKING OFF OUR FIRST FAST AND FREE FLU SHOT
EVENT THIS YEAR AT THE WINTER
PARK CENTER CARE THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> FROM 1:00 TO 4:00 JUST LIKE
IT SOUNDS THAT FLU SHOTS
AVAILABLE AT NO COST.
THEY REPORTED STAYING HEALTHY
THE SEASON MANY PEOPLE HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE.
>> YES IN MORNING AND GOOD
HEALTH REPORTER KIRSTEN
O’CONNOR IS STANDING BY TO ASK
A DOCTOR.
>> HAVING THE FLU IS NOT FUN SO
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PROTECT
OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES
CAN BE A GREAT IDEA.
THE LADIES JUST THAT LOTS OF
PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
VACCINE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
SO TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
AHEAD OF OUR EVENT TODAY WITH
DOCTOR EMILY RAMOS FROM CENTER
CARE HERE AND HE WANTED TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON
TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
LET’S DIVE IN AND TALK ABOUT
WHY THERE ARE SO MANY
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE FLU
SHOT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK IF I
GET A SHOT I WILL GET THE FLU.
>> YES, I SEE THAT A LOT.
PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF THE FLU
SHOT AND THEY THINK THEY WILL
GET THE FLU BUT THAT IS A MYTH
BECAUSE THE FLU VACCINE IS NOT
A LIVE VIRUS ARE NOT BEING
INJECTED WITH A LIVE VIRUS.
SO THERE IS NO WAY FOR YOU TO
ACTUALLY GET THE FLU FROM THE
VACCINE.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING TO THE CLINIC ALREADY
MAY BE HARBORING A VIRUS
ALREADY BEING EXPOSED TO
SOMETHING.
AND THAT IT IS JUST UNFORTUNATE
TIMING THAT ONCE THEY GET THE
VACCINE THAT A FEW DAYS LATER
THEY FEEL SICK.
>> RIGHT AND THAT IS SOMETHING
WE TRY TO PUSH EVERY YEAR WHEN
WE DO THESE EVENTS BUT IT IS
STILL WORTH MENTIONING.
ANOTHER THING SO IMPORTANT TO
TALK ABOUT IS WHAT WE DO THESE
FLU SHOT EVENTS AT THIS TIME
EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE STARTING AT THE
BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT CARING
ABOUT VERY MANY PEOPLE GETTING
THE FLU YET.
WHY DO WE DO IT NOW?
>> BECAUSE WE ARE NOT REALLY
SURE WHEN IT IS GOING TO PEEK
AND WE ARE NOT SURE WHEN IT’S
GOING TO START OR END.
SO THE CDC CURRENTLY IS
RECOMMENDING THE REGULAR FLU
VACCINES BEFORE THE END OF
OCTOBER.
THEY SAY IF YOU GET IT TOO SOON
LOOK AT THE END OF THE SUMMER
YOU MAY NOT BE PROTECTED ENOUGH
SO WE THINK THAT NOW WOULD BE A
GOOD TIME TO GET YOUR FLU
VACCINE SO YOU ARE COVERED
THROUGH THE WHOLE FLU SEASON
WHICH CAN LAST THROUGH FEBRUARY
AND MARCH AND SOMETIMES EVEN
APRIL.
I THOUGHT CASES OF FLU ALL
THROUGH THE SUMMER.
NOT A LOT BUT VERY SPORADIC AND
WITH IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO
LEAVES AN INCREASE OF 60
PERCENT OF THE CASES FROM LAST
YEAR AT THIS TIME.
AND TWO THIRDS OF THOSE CASES
WHERE PEDIATRIC CASES.
SLEEP ON HER KIDS TO BE
VACCINATED WE WANT ELDERLY TO
BE VACCINATED TO PROTECT THEM.
>> WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A
PRINTED REPORT FROM CDC JUST
ISSUED TODAY TALKING ABOUT
PREGNANT WOMEN AND WHY MANY
PREGNANT WOMEN ARE CHOOSING NOT
TO GET THE FLU SHOT.
PREGNANT WOMEN TO CHOOSE TO GET
THE FLU SHOT.
>> AGAIN, I THINK IT ALL COMES
DOWN TO FEAR AND I THINK EITHER
THEY WILL GET HURT OR THEY WILL
GET SICK OR THEY WILL BE IN
SOME WAY INJURED OR HURTING HER
CHILD.
BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FLU
OUTWEIGH THE FLU VACCINE MUCH
MORE.
AND YOU RUN THE RISK OF GETTING
PNEUMONIA OTITIS MEDIA AND OF
COURSE WE KNOW THAT EACH YEAR
THERE ARE FATALITIES FROM THE
FLU SO WE WANT OUR PREGNANT
MOMS TO PLEASE GET THE FLU
VACCINE.
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE FLU
SHOT AND WHAT IS DIFFERENT
EVERY YEAR CAN YOU GIVE A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT GOES INTO
CREATING THE FLU SHOT?
>> SO THEY LOOK AT THE FLU FROM
PRIOR YEAR.
WHICH FLU STRAINS WERE
PROMINENT IN WHICH FLU STRAINS
GAVE US AN ISSUE.
AND SO THEY SAY OKAY THIS YEAR
LET’S PROTECT AGAINST THOSE FLU
STRAINS THAT WE SAW WERE
PROMINENT LAST YEAR.
SO THE FLU VACCINE FROM THIS
YEAR IS MADE BY THOSE FLU
VACCINE STRAINS FLU AVIAN FLU
B. TWO STRAINS OF E AND TWO
STRAINS OF B THAT WE KNOW WERE
HURTING OVER THE PROMINENT ONES
FROM LAST YEAR.
>> THERE ARE CERTAIN FLU SHOTS
THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THERE KIND
OF A W PROTECTOR.
AND THOSE ARE FOR THE OLDER
PATIENTS, CORRECT?
>> YES WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT
HAS ALL FOUR OF THOSE TRAITS.
THIS YEAR ALSO THEY ARE
RECOMMENDING THAT PEOPLE GET
THE LIVE VACCINE.
THE NAVAL VACCINE WHICH WAS NOT
ON THE MARKET.
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AS EFFECTIVE
BUT THIS YEAR THEY BROUGHT IT
BACK IF YOU’RE SCARED OF BENITO
MAY BE TRIED THE NASAL VACCINE
INSTEAD.
>> THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION FOR
PEOPLE.
VERY GOOD.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU
CANNOT GET THE FLU FROM THE
VACCINE BUT CAN YOU STILL GET
THE FLU EVEN IF YOU GOT THE
VACCINE?
>> UNFORTUNATELY YES.
YOU CAN STILL GET THE FLU EVEN
IF YOU GOT VACCINATED.
MEMBER MULTIPLE STRAINS OF THE
FLU VACCINE -- I AM SORRY THE
FLU.
AND SOMETIMES YOUR IMMUNITY
DOES NOT WORK AS WELL AS WE
WOULD LIKE IT TO.
AND UNFORTUNATELY YES I HAVE
SEEN CASES OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE
HAD A FLU VACCINE AND
UNFORTUNATELY TO GET THE FLU
BUT YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE NOT AS
SEVERE AS IF YOU HAD NOT HAD
THE FLU VACCINE SO AGAIN WE
STILL ENCOURAGE OUR PARENTS AND
CHILDREN AND ELDERLY TO PLEASE
GET VACCINATED.
>> SO IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS AND
TEACHERS WHO ARE HEALTHY TO
THINK ABOUT MAKING THE CHOICE
THAT THEY CAN HELP THEIR
CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
MORE VULNERABLE ISN’T THAT
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU DOCTOR RAMOSE FOR
BEING WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR
ALL YOU ARE DOING DURING OUR
NEWS 6 FLU SHOT EVENTS AND
LIKELY MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF
THIS NEWS 6 IS TEAMING UP WITH
CENTER CARE TO GIVE AWAY FREE
FLU SHOTS THE FIRST OF OUR FAST
AND FREE FLU SHOT EVENTS WILL
BE HELD TODAY AT THE CENTER
CARE IN WINTER PARK FROM 1:00
UNTIL 4:00 YOU CAN FIND OUT ALL