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>>> TAKE
>>> TAKE A LOOK. YOU SEE ALL THAT RED?
I MEAN, HOW COULD YOU NOT?
THAT SHOULD BE A RED FLAG ABOUT
JUST HOW BAD THIS YEAR'S FLU
SEASON HAVE GOTTEN, THE CDC
SAYS INFLUENZA IS WIDESPREAD
AND ALL, BUT TWO STATES AND
WASHINGTON, D.C., IT IS THE
RAMPANT SPREADING VIRUS WE
SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT.
BUT IN THE LAST WEEK, MOST OF
WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT WHEN IT
COMES TO HEALTH NEWS IS THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. >> THERE IS GROWING CONCERN
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS TONIGHT.
>> THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
GROWS RAPIDLY IN CHINA.
>> LIKE IN PREVIOUS OUTBREAKS
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-- >> SCREENINGS FOR CORONA VIRUS
ARE UNDERWAY AT MINNEAPOLIS-ST.
PAUL INTERNATIONAL.
PAUL INTERNATIONAL. >> ONCE YOU SIFT THROUGH ALL OF
THAT COVERAGE AND TAKE A DEEP
BREATH, LET'S BRING THE FOCUS
BACK TO WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS
HERE SAY IT SHOULD BE.
THE FLU.
THE FLU.
THE FLU. HERE IS ADRIENNE.
>> EVERYONE IS FREAKING OUT
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS, AM I
SAYING THAT RIGHT?
>> YEAH, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS BY THE WAY.
>> LAUGHTER.
>> LAUGHTER. IT IS THE MEDICINE DR. FREE
CREAM USES TO CALM HIS PATIENCE.
HE IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
SPECIALIST AT ONLINE HEALTH.
HE TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.
>> IT IS NOT A DISEASE YOU WANT
TO GET.
TO GET.
TO GET. 53% ARE GOING TO DIE AT THE
LEASE.
LEASE.
LEASE. THERE IS BASICALLY NO TREATMENT
FOR THIS ABOUT SUPPORT.
INTUBATION, IF THE LUNGS FAIL.
THE CORONAVIRUS IS A BIG DEAL.
>> Reporter: BUT HE SAYS THERE
IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAT SHOULD
HAVE US ALL WORRIED.
>> INFLUENZA IS WAY MORE
INFECTIOUS.
INFECTIOUS. AND WAY HARDER TO STOP.
>> Reporter: IN THE FIRST TWO
WEEKS OF 2020, THE FLU KILLED
ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S.,
MOSTLY THROUGH ASSOCIATED
PNEUMONIA.
PNEUMONIA. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION ESTIMATES THAT
SO FAR THIS SEASON, THERE HAVE
BEEN NEARLY 15 MILLION FLU
ILLNESSES, 140,000 PEOPLE SENT
TO THE HOSPITAL, AND 8200
DEATHS IN THE U.S. WHILE THE
FLU VACCINE CAN VARY IN HOW
WELL IT WORKS, HE SAYS THE FLU
VACCINE IS THE BEST WAY TO HELP
PREVENT SEASONAL FLU AND ALL OF
ITS CONVOCATIONS.
ITS CONVOCATIONS. >> IT IS REALLY A SHAME IF YOU
DO NOT GET IT AND YOU ARE ONE
OF THOSE FOLKS THAT GETS
INFLUENZA.
INFLUENZA. IT DOESN'T WORK AFTER YOU HAVE
GOT IT.
GOT IT.
GOT IT. YOU MUCH RATHER WOULD GET A MAN
BY A VACCINE THAN BY GETTING
THE ILLNESS.
THE ILLNESS. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES THE FLU
SHOT SAVE?
SHOT SAVE? DO WE KNOW?
>> THE CDC HAS MADE ESTIMATES
OF IT, THAT IS WHY THEY GET
FRANTIC WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT TAKE
IT.
IT.
IT. IT
IT. IT IS
IT. IT IS NOT A GREAT FAXING.
>> BUT STILL, HE SAID IT IS
BETTER THAN NOTHING.
>> IT TAKES 40% OF THE PEOPLE,
THAT IS 30, 40,000 DEATHS SAVED
A YEAR.'S
A YEAR.'S
A YEAR.'S >> THE CDC SAYS ANTIVIRAL DRUGS
ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR
GETTING A FLU VACCINE, BUT HE
SAYS THEY DO SERVE AS ANOTHER
LINE OF DEFENSE IF YOU GET
SICK.
SICK.
SICK. >>
SICK. >> IF IT IS TAKEN WITHIN THE
FIRST 48 HOURS, WE USUALLY GET
FIT WITHIN THE FIRST 72 HOURS,
IT WILL REDUCE THE
HOSPITALIZATION RATE AND
DURATION OF FEVER.
SO IT IS GOOD.
IT IS HARD TO PROVE THAT IT
SAVES LIVES, BUT IT IS
DEFINITELY WORTH GETTING IF YOU
GET IT EARLY ENOUGH AFTER YOUR
ONSET OF SYMPTOMS.
IT IS NOT A BAD DEAL TO GET
EXPOSED TO DAMIAN JONES TO
THINGS TO CAUSE IMMUNITY, BUT
HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
GETTING EXPOSED BY NATIONAL
ILLNESS OR GETTING EXPOSED BY
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. EITHER WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET
EXPOSED TO THE ANTIGEN AND MAKE
IMMUNITY TO IT.
SO THERE IS NO PARTICULAR
ADVANTAGE TO GETTING THAT
IMMUNITY FROM THE DISEASE AS
OPPOSED TO FROM THE VACCINE,
BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE YET
THAT GETTING IMMUNITY MAKES IT
WORSE.
WORSE.
WORSE. IS
WORSE. IS THE FAILURE TO GET IMMUNITY
AND CERTAIN SUBGROUPS THAT CAUSE
THESE SHIFTS.
THESE SHIFTS. H1 N1 VERSUS H 3N TWO.
THE GAPS AND IMMUNITY IS REALLY
WHAT CAUSES THOSE SHIFTS TO
OCCUR.
OCCUR.
OCCUR. >>
OCCUR. >> THAT IS A LOT ON THE FLU, SO
WE WILL GO TO CORONAVIRUS FOR
JUST A SECOND, BECAUSE THE
SYMPTOMS OF THAT ARE SIMILAR TO
THE FLU AND THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN
SOMEONE SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR.
WELL, THE BIG REASON IS IF YOU
HAVE RECENTLY TRAVELED
INTERNATIONALLY, ESPECIALLY TO
CHINA, AND YOU HAVE FLULIKE
SYMPTOMS LIKE A HIGH FEVER, A
COUGH, OR SEVERE