>> Bruce: HEIGHT OF FLU SEASON
IS JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
WHEN IT STARTS, IS ANYONE'S
GUESS.
THAT IS WHY WE URGE DELETE S
DOCTORS URGE TO GET THEIR FLU
SHOT.
JOINING US IS Dr. SCOTT
ACKERMAN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SIT BACK AND
SAY, WE HEARD NEWS THAT THE FLU
SHOT WASN'T EFFECTIVE LAST YEAR.
I MAY SKIP IT THIS YEAR, YOUR
ADVICE?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
PLEASE, PLEASE GET THE FLU SHOT.
THE MORE PEOPLE THAT GET THE FLU
SHOT WE AS A SOCIETY ARE ALL
PROTECTED.
IT IS WHEN A FEW PEM DON'T GET
THE FLU THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS.
THAT.
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO
GET A FLU SHOT.
>> Bruce: TWO DIFFERENT SHOT
ONE COVERS THREE STRAIN ONE THAT
COVERS 4.
SHOULD YOU ASK?
>> NO, NO, THEY'RE BOTH GOOD.
THE FOURTH STRAIN IS IS A VERY
UNUSUAL STRAIN, IT IS REALLY
EITHER ONE, IT IS PROBABLY
BETTER, BUT IF YOU'RE A DOCTOR
OR PHARMACY OR IF YOU GET THREE,
THAT IS FINE, TOO.
>> Bruce: NO NASAL SPRAY THIS
YEAR.
>> FOUND OUT -- IT WASN'T
AVAILABLE LAST YEAR EITHER -- WE
FOUND OUT IN PREVIOUS YEARS THIS
THE NASAL SPRAY REALLY ISN'T
THAT EFFECTIVE.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS, TRIED IT AND
TURNED OUT THERE WAS A FAIRLY
HIGH INCIDENT OF THOSE PEOPLE
WHO USED THE NASAL SPRAY THAT
STILL DEVELOPED THE FLU.
NASAL SPRAY IS OFF THE MARKET,
NOT BEING USED ANYMORE.
>> Bruce: YOU DON'T GET
IMMUNITY.
TAKES A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO
SETTLE IN.
SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN FLU
SHOTS WILL START.
>> HEIGHT OF THE FLU SEASON IS
JEANNE AND FEBRUARY AND BEGINS.
>> THE FALL, WE DON'T DON'T KNOW
WHEN IT IS GOING TO START.
IT STARTS WHEN PEOPLE START
GETTING THE FLU.
THE EARLIER YOU GET IT THE
BETTER TO MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT
YOURSELVES.
ONCE YOU GET THE SHOT YOU'RE NOT
IMMUNE FROM THE FLU THE NEXT
DAY, TAKES TWO, MAYBE THREE
WEEKS FOR THE BODY'S IMMUNE
SYSTEM TO BUILD UP.
>> Bruce: PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT
ITS ETHICACY, IF I GET IT IN
SEPTEMBER AND HAVE A PROBLEM IN
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, WILL IT
STILL COVER ME?
>> ABSOLUTELY, GET THE SHOT NOW,
IT WILL COVER YOU THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
EVERY YEAR THERE IS A DIFFERENT
STRAIN, THE FLU SHOT YOU HAD
LAST YEAR STILL PROTECTS YOU
FROM STRAINS FROM LAS YEAR BUT
THERE ARE NEW STRAINS.
THE FLU IS SOMETHING THAT
CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND THERE ARE DIFFEREN VARIANTS
OF I
>> Bruce: I ALWAYS SEE IT
MARKED WHEN YOU GO INTO PLACES
IF YOU'RE 65 OR OLDER MAYBE YOU
SHOULD GET THE SHOT FOR SINGLES
AS WELL.
>>> SHINGLES WE STRONGLY
RECOMMEND THAT, PEOPLE WHO ARE
OVER 65, HIGH INCIDENTS OF
GETTING SHINGLES.
IF YOU HAD CHICKEN POX AS A
CHILD, THAT CHICKEN POX VIRUS IS
SITTING DORMANT AND CHANCE THAT
COULD FLAIR UP AGAIN.
IT IS VARILY DEBILITATING ON
PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER.
THEY GET, YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE
WHO ARE OLDER OVER 65 THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS WEAKENED AND
MORE LIKELY TO GET THE SHINGLES
AND IT CAN BE VERY DEBILITATING.
>> THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT THE
COUNTRY WHERE PARENTS WHO SIT
BACK AND SAY, I'M NOT GOING THE
GET MY KIDNEY OF THESE VACCINES
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> I THEY IS JUST IRRESPONSIBLE.
I THINK WE AS A SOCIETY ARE ALL
PROTECTED WHEN EVERYONE GETS
WHATEVER VACCINE IT MIGHT BE,
MEASLES, MUMPS, FLU VACCINE ALL
THOSE THINGS HELP PROTECT US
ALL.
YOU GETTING THE SHOT IS
PROTECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU DON'T GET FLU, LESS
CHANCE I WILL GET THE FLU AND WE
HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS
WITH EACH OTHER.
>> Bruce: AND REALITY IS,
SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER, YOU
CAN BECOME CONTAGIOUS, SHAKING
HANDS, TOUCHING SOMEBODY
TOUCHING A DOOR.