>>BRUCE HAMILTON: IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE FLU AT BAY THIS FALL AND WINTER
WILL LIKELY SEE COVID-19
OUTBREAKS IN ADDITION TO THE
FLU. IT’S CALLED
A TWINDEMIC DOCTOR SUNIL JOSHI
PRESIDENT OF THE DUVAL COUNTY
MEDICAL SOCIETY AND AN
ALLERGIST WITH FAMILY ALLERGY
AND ASTHMA AND ALLERGY
CONSULTANTS JOINS ME ONCE AGAIN
HERE IN THE MORNING SHOW WITH
MORE ABOUT THE FLU JAX BACKS
CAMPAIGN A GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING HERS. SO A SEGMENT
OF THE POPULATION USUALLY
REFUSES TO GET THE FLU SHOT FOR
WHATEVER REASON. >> AND I’M HEARING THIS YEAR IS NOT THE YEAR TO TAKE A CHANCE.
YEAH, THIS IF THERE’S ANY YEAR
TO GET THE FLU VACCINE. THIS
WOULD BE THE ONE AGAIN LIKE YOU
SAID IT’S A TWINDEMIC
WE’VE GOT VERY VERY SIMILAR
SYMPTOMS, BUT COVID-19 VERSUS
THE FLU AND IT’S HARD TO
DISTINGUISH
THE 2. WE DO KNOW THAT IF YOU
ARE TO RECEIVE THE FLU VACCINE,
EVEN IF YOU GET THE FLU.
IT’S MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BE
SEVERE SEVERE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE
HOSPITALIZATION SO ANOTHER VERY
VERY IMPORTANT REASON TO GET
THE FLU VACCINE.
THIS YEAR.
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MISCONCEPTIONS IS IF WE GET THE
FLU SHOT. I’M GOING
TO SAY.
>> YEAH AND SO YOU KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE THINK IF THEY GET THE
FLU VACCINE THAT THEY’RE GOING
TO GET THE FLU AS A RESULT OF
THAT AND THAT IS CLEARLY NOT
TRUE. THE FLU SHOT IS NOT A
LIVE VIRUS IN ANY WAY NOW WHAT
CAN HAPPEN IS AFTER YOU GET.
VACCINE JUST LIKE ANY SHOT THAT
YOU MAY GET YOU CAN HAVE A
LOCAL REACTION LITTLE
BIT OF. MUSCLE ACHES AND PAINS
LOW GRADE FEVER AND EVEN FEEL
MALAISE AND TIREDNESS AFTER
RECEIVING THE VACCINE. BUT
THERE IS ACTUALLY A RECENT
STUDY THAT WAS LOOKING AT
PEOPLE RECEIVING THE FLU
VACCINE
VERSUS PLACEBO. AND THERE
REALLY WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN
THOSE SYMPTOMS EVEN IF HE IF
THE PERSON GOT A PLACEBO SALT
WATER INJECTION. THEY HAD VERY
SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OF LOW GRADE
FEVER AND MALAISE SO IT
REALLY IS NOT RELATED TO THE
VACCINE ITSELF, IT’S JUST A
MATTER OF GETTING A SHOT AT
SIMULATE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND
THAT’S WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL A
LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER AT
THAT POINT.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO ANOTHER
REASON FOR THIS BIG PUSH IS
WITH THE FLU SEASON AND THE
PANDEMIC HOSPITALS COULD VERY
WELL
BECOME OVERWHELMED.
>> RIGHT AND THAT’S THE MAIN
REASON FOR THIS FLU VACCINE
ACTS INITIATIVE
IS THAT YOU KNOW WE DID GET
RELATIVELY LUCKY IN THE SPRING
WE DID SEE HOSPITALIZATION
RATES
GO UP BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF
OVER CAPACITY WE WANT TO AVOID
WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND IN CHINA AND OTHER PARTS OF
THE WORLD WHERE THE HOSPITALS
GET OVERWHELMED WITH COVID
PATIENTS. WE KNOW THAT IF YOU
RECEIVE THE FLU VACCINE YOU’RE
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO
REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION AND
THAT IN ITSELF CAN ALLOW US TO
HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE COVID
PATIENTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO
GET SICK WITH OTHER AILMENTS.
SO THAT WE’RE NOT HAVING TO
TRANSFER PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
SOUTHEAST JUST TO REQUIRE
ROUTINE
MEDICAL CARE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: HOW ABOUT
THOSE WITH A WEAKENED IMMUNE
SYSTEM AND SENIORS SHOULD GET A
FLU SHOT.
FLU SHOT. >> OH NO QUESTION ABOUT IT IN PARTICULAR THE SENIOR SHOULD
GET THE
FLU VACCINE. THERE’S REALLY A
RECENT STUDY FROM THE LAST 2
YEARS THAT SUGGESTS
A SENIOR SOMEONE OVER THE AGE
OF 65 WHO RECEIVED THE
FLU VACCINE WAS 82% LESS LIKELY
TO REQUIRE AN ICU ADMISSION FOR
THE FLU.
IF THEY WERE TO GET IT COMPARED
TO SENIORS WHO DID NOT GET THE
FLU VACCINE. SO YES
WITHOUT QUESTION PEOPLE WITH
WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND IN
PARTICULAR ARE SENIOR CITIZENS
SHOULD RECEIVE THE FLU VACCINE
IS AGAIN ROOM AND
THERE ALSO A GROUP THAT’S
INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE TO
COVID-19 AS WELL AS SPEAKING OF
SENIOR SHOULD THEY GET THE
PNEUMONIA SHOT IF THEY’RE
ELIGIBLE AS WELL AS AN EXTRA
LAYER OF PROTECTION BECAUSE.
>> YOU KNOW THE COVID-19
ATTACKS,
THE LUNGS, YES, AND SO THE
PNEUMONIA SHOT IS PART OF A
SENIOR A
VACCINATION SERIES AND SO WE
WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE
PNEUMONIA SHOT ALSO
BIG EVENT. IT DOESN’T
NECESSARILY NEED TO BE GIVEN
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, BUT THE
BUT WITHOUT QUESTION. THE
PNEUMONIA SHOT IS IMPORTANT.
THERE’S ALSO REASON MAYO CLINIC
STUDY THAT SUGGESTS THAT
SENIORS WHO ARE UP TO DATE WITH
THEIR VACCINATIONS WEATHER IS A
FLU SHOT THE PNEUMONIA SHOT OR
EVEN AN MMR VACCINE.
WE’RE 25 TO 26% LESS LIKELY TO
DEVELOP COVID-19 AS WELL SO
AGAIN ANOTHER REASON TO GET
YOUR
TRADITIONAL VACCINES.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: INCLUDING THE
PNEUMONIA SHOT. SO IF YOU HAVE
INSURANCE THE SHOTS MOST OFTEN
COVERED BUT FOR THOSE WHO DON’T
OR THE INDIGENT POPULATION ARE
THERE CONTINGENCY
IS AVAILABLE.
>> YEAH THAT’S A GREAT
QUESTION, YOU KNOW WE HAVE OVER
100,000 PEOPLE HERE IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA THAT
ARE UNINSURED AND SO FOR THESE
FOLKS, IT’S A CASH OUT OF
POCKET EXPENSE TO PAY FOR
THE VACCINE. AND SO WE PART OF
OUR FLU VACCINE ACTS INITIATIVE
IS TO TRY TO
FROM HELP PROVIDE FREE VOUCHERS
TO THE UNINSURED AND SO FOLKS
CAN GO TO FLEE BAKST JAX DOT
COM AND CLICK ON THE GET
VACCINATED. AREA OF ACTS OF
THE WEBSITE AND IF YOU ARE
UNINSURED, YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR
E-MAIL WITH THEIR ZIP CODE AND
WE WILL HELP DIRECT
THOSE FOLKS TO PHARMACIES IN
THEIR REGION THAT MAY BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE SO THE VACCINE TO
THE UNINSURED AT A