TOMORROW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IT
TAPER OFF OVER THE ENDING OF THE
WEEKEND INTO THE START OF NEXT
WEEK.
Kristine: THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
FLU SEASON IS HERE.
DOCTORS RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET A
GETTING SICK.
HOW SERIOUS IS THE VIRUS IF YOU
DON'T GET A FLU SHOT.
PEDIATRICIAN THERESA WEE JOINS
US.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
HOT?
THE VIRUS CAN BE EXTREMELY
LETHAL.
2016, 2017 SEASON, THERE WERE
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN WHO
HAVE DIED FROM IT.
AND 85% OF THOSE CHILDREN DID
NOT HAVE THE FLU VACCINE.
THE FLU VACCINE WILL AFFECT THE
VERY YOUNG, THE INFANTS UNDER
SIX MONTHS AS WELL AS THE
ELDERLY.
THOSE ARE THE VULNERABLE
POPULATION.
Kristine: WHEN SHOULD YOU
GET THE SHOT?
EVERYONE SHOULD GET IT BY THE
END OF OCTOBER.
WE CONTINUE TO GIVE THE FLU
VACCINE THROUGHOUT THE FLU
SEASON.
AND OUR PEAK TIME IS GENERALLY
BETWEEN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY.
Kristine: YOU BROUGHT SOME
OF THESE PROPS.
THE SHOT ITSELF.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF
NEEDLES.
IT REALLY IS SIMPLE AND IT IS
PAINLESS.
IT'S QUICK.
ONE SECOND.
IT'S AN INTRAMUSCULAR SHOT.
THE FLU VACCINE IS A DEAD
VACCINE, AND SO THERE REALLY ARE
NO SIDE EFFECTS.
YOU CANNOT GET THE INFLUENZA
FROM THE VACCINE.
Kristine: WHAT ARE MORE
MYTHS ABOUT THE FLU SHOT?
SO NUMBER ONE, THE FLU
VACCINE DOES NOT CAUSE
INFLUENZA.
NUMBER TWO, THE VACCINE DOES NOT
ADMINISTERED WITH OUT VACCINES
AS WELL.
Kristine: AND I KNOW I HEAR
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GET THE FLU
SHOT BECAUSE IT'S ONLY
PREVENTING ONE TYPE OF THE
VIRUS.
WHY BOTH EVER GETTING IT BECAUSE
I CAN GET SICK FROM OTHER
STRAINS.
AND THAT'S TRUE.
NOTHING IS 100%.
HOWEVER URGES IT IS FOUND THAT
IF YOU HAD THE FLU VACCINE AND
YOU DID GET ONE OF THE STRAINS
YOU WILL HAVE A MILDER FORM.
Kristine: SO IT HELPS NO
MATTER WHAT.
IT DOES HELP.
Kristine: GETTING THE END
OF THE SHOT ISN'T THE END.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR
HEALTH.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO
PREVEPGHT GETTING THE FLU IS
HAPPENED WASHING.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN WAYS TO DO
YOUR HAND WASHING.
I WAS MENTIONING YOU MAY WANTS
TO GET A FINGERMAILNAIL BRUSH AND
WASH BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS AND
DOWN BY YOUR WRIST.
Kristine: NOT ONLY IS IT
IMPORTANT BUT HOW LONG YOU
SHOULD DO IT.
SOMETIMES I HEAR PARENT
TELLING ME THEY'RE SINGING ABC
SONG.
MAKING SURE TO WASH, USE THAT
SOAP, SCRUB AND RINSE OFF
THOROUGHLY.
ONE THING I DID WANT TO STRESS
IS THE T ZONE.
T ZONE IS WHERE BACTERIA AND
VIRUSES ENTER YOUR BODY.
WE ALWAYS URGE CHILDREN AND
YOUR EYES, TOUCH YOUR NOSE OR
PUT YOUR HANDS IN YOUR MOUTH
WITHOUT WASHING.
Kristine: WHICH IS WHERE
THEY GO FIRST.
NOSE AND MOUTH.
WE CALL IT THAT T ZONE.
THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND ALSO THEY TEACH THE YOUNG
CHILDREN, AND WHEN I WENT TO
SCHOOL, WE WERE TOLD TO COVER
OUR MOUTHS.
NOW USE YOUR ARM AND COUGH AND
SNEEZE IN YOUR ELBOW.
Kristine: WHY IS THAT?
RESPIRATORY SPRAY, AND IT WILL
GO HERE INSTEAD OF YOUR HANDS.
WHEN YOU SHAKE HANDS OR PICK UP
A PEN, THAT'S HOW THE VIRUS IS
TRANSMITTED.
Kristine: AND I SEE A LOT
OF BOYS, MY SON INCLUDED, LIKES
TO COUGH AND SNEEZE IN HIS SHIRT
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?
IT'S BETTER THAN LETTING IT
ALL OUT.
Kristine: OKAY.
BE-- YOU'LL BE WITH US NEXT MONTH.
NEXT MONTH, I'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS
COMING UP, AND TALK ABOUT
PORTION CONTROL.
Kristine: AND IT STARTS
FROM A YOUNG AGE.
YOUR MISSION IS ABOUT CHILDHOOD
OBESITY AND CURBING THAT.
AND DEVELOP THOSE HEALTHY
HABITS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT GREATER GIFT WE WITH GIVE
OUR CHILDREN.
Kristine: FOLKS WHO MY MIGHT
NOT KNOW YOUR PROGRAM.
MY NONPROFIT IS CALLED WALK
WITH A DOC.
WE START OFF WITH A NEW HEALTH