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NARRATOR: What you are about to see today
are true crimes of disease...
...disease that can affect any adult,
disease that can be found in your neighborhood.
How can you protect yourself?
Find out more about these diseases.
Take our first example -- influenza.
Nickname -- the flu.
Sounds not too bad
but causes tens of thousands of deaths every year
and 250,000 hospitalizations,
most in seniors.
The flu can prey on anyone,
even someone like Carol Johnson.
Carol has clearly taken time for her health today,
but we also know that she got her yearly flu vaccine.
It protects her all season
and can keep her from spreading it to her new grand-niece.
Influenza -- successfully case closed.
Looks like that one's down.
But there are some sly diseases
that you may never have even heard of.
Like the sneaky pneumococcus.
Funny word, deadly disease.
Most folks don't know
that it causes thousands of deaths every year
and tens of thousands of serious cases.
We're talking about some truly bad bacteria,
ones that can invade your blood, your lungs, or even your spine,
causing septicemia, pneumonia, or even meningitis.
Meet Curtis Leone.
Does he even know
that these bacteria can cause diseases severe enough
to take him out of the game, permanently?
CURTIS: I got you!
NARRATOR: Curtis got his pneumococcal shot.
Another deadly disease foiled.
If you thought that was a funny name,
this one's really no laughing matter --
herpes zoster.
It causes the painful shingles disease.
Shingles isn't about your roof.
This disease can affect your nervous system, your eyes,
or even other organs,
causing severe pain for weeks or even months.
Ann Marie Oliver appears here to be taking care of herself,
but does she know that her risk of shingles over her lifetime
is one in three?
Amazing!
It looks like Ann Marie's doctor
already recommended the shingles vaccine,
and she's protected.
In fact, she convinced her sister and husband
to get protected, too.
Vaccine protection in action keeps her on the move.
Shingles disease -- case closed.
In its tracks, finally, we have to look at one more case --
the missing Tdap vaccine.
It sounds like a dance -- the Tdap.
But tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis
are serious diseases that can be prevented.
What Bill Aikers doesn't know
is that he can bring home pertussis to his new grandchild.
Pertussis is a bad cough for grownups
but a serious killer infection for babies.
Could Bill have prevented
bringing this home to his grandchild?
[ Clears throat ]
What I meant was, Bill Aikers was careful to make sure
he was up to date on his Tdap shot.
His doctor helped protect not only him
but his new granddaughter, too.
There you have it.
Another case of prevention in action.
Stopping serious diseases before they start
is what the Vaccine Scene Investigation is all about.
Vaccines aren't just for kids.
Ask your doctor about what vaccines are right
to protect you against serious diseases.
A message from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC.