WITH THE FLU SEASONS UPON US, CHANCES
ARE YOU'VE BEGUN TO NOTICE A COUGH OR SNEEZE AROUND THE HOUSE
OR AT YOUR WORK PLACE, SO HOW DO YOU PROTECT YOURSELF?
WELL, ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION, VACCINATION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT
INFECTION AND SEVERE OUTCOMES CAUSED BY INFLUENZA VIRUSES.
NOW ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED FOR A NEW FDA APPROVED
FORM OF FLU VACCINE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN EGG PROTEINS,
ANTIBIOTICS, INFLUENZA VIRUES OR PRESERVATIVES.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS WE HAVE INVITED MONOE COX, SHE IS THE
PRESIDENT CEO OF PROTEIN SCIENCES CORPORATION.
GOOD MORNING MANON.
GOOD MORNING OLGA.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO SO MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, SO
I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
LET'S FOCUS A LITTLE BIT FIRST ABOUT THE INFLUENZA VIRUS,
BETTER KNOWN AS THE FLU.
WHAT CAUSES THE EPIDEMIC EVERY YEAR?
WELL THE INFLUENZA VIRUS IS A VERY SMART VIRUS, IT CHANGES ALL
THE TIME AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY EVERY YEAR WE HAVE
TO TAKE A FLU SHOT AGAIN.
INFLUENZA VIRUS IS ALSO HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.
IT IS.
SO ABOUT TWENTY PERCENT OF US CARRY THE FLU VIRUS DURING THE
INFLUENZA SEASON AND THAT IS WHY EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE NEW
OUTBREAKS AND ESPECIALLY THE OLDER PEOPLE, WHERE THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BIT WEAKER THAN IT USED TO BE, THAT WILL
END UP IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT ALSO CHILDREN AND IMMUNE COMPROMISED
PEOPLE.
MEANING PEOPLE THAT SUFFER FROM DIABETES, ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE
ALL OF THEM WOULD BENEFIT FROM INFLUENZA VACCINATION.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO GET IT AND I AGREE WITH YOU
THERE.
NOW, YOUR COMPANY HAS BEEN WORKING ON A RATHER UNIQUE FORM
OF THE FLU VACCINE IF YOU WILL AND I WAS READING HERE, IT'S A
PROTEIN BASED ONE.
CORRECT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT, AND IT'S ALSO BEEN APPROVED BY
THE FDA WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS ON A DEVELOPMENT
OF THIS VACCINE.
OH WOW.
IT IS...WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THE COACH PROTEIN OF THE
INFLUENZA VIRUS AND THAT'S THE ONLY PROTEIN THAT WE MAKE IN
CELL CULTURE AND STAINLESS STEEL BIOREACTORS, AND THE ADVANTAGE
OF THAT ISD YOU DON'T NEED CHICKEN EMBRYOS YOU DON'T NEED
THE LIVE INFLUENZA VIRUS, YOU DON'T NEED ANTIBIOTICS AS A
RESULT, NO TIME AEROSOLS.
SO WHAT YOU END UP HAVING IN FLUBLOK IS A HIGHLY PURIFIED
PROTEIN VACCINE AND BECAUSE IT IS SO HIGHLY PURIFIED WE'RE ABLE
TO PUT THREE TIMES MORE PROTEIN IN THERE SO IT'S ALSO A HIGH
DOSE VACCINE.
AND MORE PROTEINS MEANS THAT YOUR BODY WILL FORM MORE ANTI
BODIES THAT CAN ALL HELP YOU FIGHT THE FLU.
ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S A TRUE OR FALSE QUESTION THAT I KNOW
YOU'VE HEARD THOUSANDS OF TIMES, BUT THIS IS WHAT I GET ALL THE
TIME.
"WELL OLGA, YA KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET THE FLU SHOT BECAUSE
IF I GET THE FLU SHOT, I'M GONNA GET THE FLU."
YES..
TRUE OR FALSE?
YES, SO WHEN CDC DOES QUESTIONNAIRES THEY'LL FIND OUT
THAT 30% OF PEOPLE THINK THEY GET THE FLU FROM THE FLU SHOT
AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE FAIRY TALE.
OK.
IT'S NOT TRUE, THE INFLUENZA VACCINES THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE
INACTIVE, MOST OF THEY AT LEAST THEY ARE INACTIVATED AND YOU
CAN'T GET THE FLU FROM THEM, HOWEVER THERE ARE COMPONENTS IN
THERE THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AND AGAIN FLUBLOK
IS AN ALTERNATIVE HERE.
IT DOESN'T CONTAIN ENDOTOXINS AND THEREFORE YOU WON'T GET
THOSE FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS.
NOW IS THIS NEW FORM OF VACCINE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY?
WELL IT'S CURRENTLY APPROVED BY THE FDA FOR 18-49 YEARS OF AGE.
WE HAVE FILED FOR APPROVAL FOR AN EXTENDED AGE RANGE, SO NEXT
YEAR WE ARE EXPECTING APPROVAL FOR EVERYBODY ABOVE 18 AND THE
CDC RECENTLY RECOMMENDED IT, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL FOR
PEOPLE, FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EVER EXPERIENCED AND EGG ALLERGY,
WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOUR ALLERGIC TO ANTIBIOTICS OR ANY
OF THOSE OTHER INGREDIENTS THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE OTHER
INFLUENZA VACCINES, THIS COULD BE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE AS WELL.
NOW I KNOW WE HAVE FLUBLOK HERE, RIGHT HERE ON OUR TABLE AND I'M
REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW IT WORKS AND I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE VACCINE
EITHER, SO I THINK YOUR GOING TO GET A SPECIAL TREAT TODAY BUT
QUICK QUESTION, PREGNANT WOMAN, CAN THEY TAKE IT?
IN PRINCIPAL, NOT A SINGLE INFLUENZA VACCINE HAS BEEN FDA
APPROVED FOR PREGNANT WOMAN HOWEVER, CDC RECOMMEND THAT
PREGNANT WOMAN GET VACCINATED BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE COMPROMISED
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR THEM BUT...
FOR THE FETUS.
...FOR THIER BABIES, THAT THEY GET VACCINATED.
NOW I KNOW YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR FLU SHOT, I DID, BUT WITH
US THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A VERY HANDSOME DOCTER WITH US, COME ON
IN DOCTOR BRUCE SRET, HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE
FLUBLOK WITH YOU.
YES.
GOOD MORNING DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING, NICE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO
ADMINISTER IT.
YES, WERE GOING TO GIVE MANON HER FLU SHOT THIS MORNING WITH
FLUBLOK.
I WAITED SPECIALLY FOR FLUBLOK.
OK, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CLEAN YOUR ARM OFF HERE WITH JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF ALCOHOL HERE.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO PINCH YOUR SKIN A LITTLE BIT, A
LITTLE STICK...AND WE ARE ALL DONE.
DID IT HURT?
WOW, I DIDN'T FEEL THAT AT ALL, BUT I'VE HAD FLUBLOK A FEW TIEMS
BEFORE AND I'M REALLY A BIG FAN.
AND REALLY IMPORTANT DOCTOR FOR HER TO GET THIS RIGHT?
YES, WE'RE COMING INTO THE PEAK OF FLU SEASON AND IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR EVERYBODY TO BE PROTECTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DOCTOR FOR BEING HER I REALLY APPRECIATE IT
AND FOR YOU FOR BEING OUR LITTLE GUINEA PIG THIS MORNING,
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NOW FOR OUR VIEWERS WHO WANT MORE INFORMATION ON FLUBLOK,
WHERE DO THEY GO?
RIGHT, THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE FLUBLOK.COM AND YOU CAN
ALSO GO TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL AND ASK THEM TO
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MANON, THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
DOCTOR THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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