we have a Health Alert we've been
working on it since 6 o'clock this
morning helping you prepare for what
could be another nasty flu season all
morning we've been showing the folks the
importance of getting your flu shot now
we are showing you just how easy it is
effortless maybe even painless if you
know what to ask for
so joining us now is Jennifer Hickman
with minute clinic appreciate you coming
in and you know a lot of people wonder
is it too early to get the flu shot we
know what kind of Peaks in February but
now's the time your process you want to
be vaccinated before the season actually
starts okay and you said you've already
started to see some cases of the flu
MinuteClinic had their first confirmed
flu case but in July Wow okay so that
person was out there so it's definitely
out there and you can get a chit all
right so we're gonna bring in Vic McHale
uchi who will be our first victim so Vic
I'm gonna help you out because we did a
story earlier today and we talked a
little bit about how if you warm the
serum a little bit so just kind of
rubbing it in your hand but that will
take away some of the sting of the shock
it kind of shot yeah okay well I'm glad
to be would you prefer a cold shot or a
warm shot
I think Mel's gonna try to give me I
used to sit next to Helen II I think
she's I'm not gonna like so I had my flu
shot two weeks ago uh-huh and you know
so far so good I did not have to have
hers on TV no I did not oh I did
actually just not live I did I it was on
but basically it was a little bit icky
right afterwards and that's normal right
Jennifer yes a little bit of redness and
swelling at the injection site mild
swelling can be normal um nothing that
some ibuprofen are a quick stick one two
three can't take care of is it's here
Wow
is what I would say if it hurt really
bad I mean looking at you in your eyes
the barrier bandages you have on that's
something new that we're using it's kind
of like a band-aid we actually inject
straight through it
it was a barrier bandage it wasn't so
then you don't have to put the band-aid
on afterwards right so you don't have to
put on afterwards in that way it's
already taking okay all right thank
you're clear you are ready so in two
weeks it really takes for that vaccine
to get in it takes two weeks the
antibodies
we build up okay all right genoise
you're up next my friend with your
fabulous leaves and it turns out once
the arm is in it it doesn't work we're
gonna have to go like this
unfortunately for today so one thing
that we did debunk earlier in the show
is that the vaccine will not make you
sick so let's say you do have a few
flu-like symptoms afterwards or you do
get the flu it was probably gonna happen
anyway right so again the antibodies and
the flu vaccine is with any vaccine it
takes two weeks those antibodies that
fully build up in your system with all
viruses including the flu you're
actually sick with the virus before you
ever exhibit signs and symptoms right so
you can get the case flu vaccine already
have been exposed to the flu and then
still get the flu but Italy look at
those muscles you feel it at all the
weight was the word I'm getting Oh
oh really say that they don't get it
because it hurts they you do have we I
talk too sometimes
anticipation is way worse in the
injection and it's over that way all
right Nikki come on and she's our last
one scenario which arm it does so it's
really personal program and some people
prefer they're not dominant but I'm not
dominant arm yeah I'll just do this one
yeah good all right no jakey though when
getting a flu vaccine the looser the
cheeki or any vaccine of that matter if
you keep that arm loose then you feel it
a lot less okay when it's really tense
then you're more likely are you tense
what do you know a shot I know it's
eerily though it is such a thin needle
so I mean it's literally alright quick
and then one two three oh I feel it I
know I really do think that warming
helps so you can ask the person to kind
of warm it up right before they give it
to you you keep it cold for a reason but
right before I thank you all right so
and if you do get the flu this season
because you still can get it even after
you've been vaccinated it'll probably be
pretty mild because you said those
antibodies already in you right because
you've already been exposed antibodies
Jennifer we'll MinuteClinic thank you
appreciate you
we are all gonna be flu free this season
so we have posted all of these flu
stories on news for Jax calm you will
find them in the health section