FIND
FIND YOURSELF STARTING TO ADD LAYERS OF CLOTHES TO PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM THE
COLD.
HERE'S ANOTHER LAYER
OF PROTECTION YOU'LL
WANT TO ADD... THE FLU
SHOT.
IN TODAY'S LIFE IN
BALANCE... WE'RE
HEARING FROM DR.
ARAGONA FROM SAINT
ALPHONSUS ABOUT WHY
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER TO PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM THE FLU.
DR ARIZONA, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
RIGHT NOW WE ARE
ENTERING
ENTERING INTO A VERY BIG TIME OF YEAR WHICH IS FLU SEASON, AND AN
ALREADY COMPLICATED
YEAR AT THAT HELP US
UNDERSTAND THOUGH
WHY SHOULD SOMEONE
GET THEIR FLU SHOT,
WELL YOU KNOW OUR
BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT
NOW IS SEEING THE
UPTICK IN CASES OF NOT
ONLY CORONAVIRUS BUT
THAT WE'RE STARTING TO
COME INTO THE FLU
SEASON RIGHT NOW. SO A
BIG CONCERN AMONG
PHYSICIANS IS PATIENTS
MIGHT INTERACT WITH
SOMEONE WHO MAYBE
SEEMS HEALTHY, AND
UNFORTUNATELY BE
EXPOSED TO ONE IF NOT
BOTH OF THE VIRUSES. SO
ACTING EARLY AND
FOCUSING ON
PREVENTION
IS OUR KEY. OKAY, AND
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FLU
VACCINES BECAUSE EVERY
YEAR. THERE'S ALWAYS A
LITTLE CONTROVERSY
AROUND IT GOING OH IS
IT EFFECTIVE SO LET'S
ADDRESS THAT RIGHT
NOW. LET'S TALK ABOUT
HOW EFFECTIVE THE FLU
VACCINE IS,
IT'S ACTUALLY ANYWHERE
FROM 50%, UP TO 100%
EFFECTIVE.
PERCENT UP TO 100%
EFFECTIVE AGAINST
PREVENTING CERTAIN
SYMPTOMS IF SOMEONE
IS EXPOSED TO THE
VACCINE. AND EVEN MORE
IMPORTANTLY
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN
MIND IS IT CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
YOUR RISK OF DEATH, IF
YOU'RE EXPOSED TO
INFLUENZA.
ALRIGHT SO THE
LESSENING OF THE
SEVERITY OF ILLNESS IS
ALSO A FACTOR THEN
WHEN IT COMES TO
GETTING THE FLU VACCINE
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE
EFFECTIVENESS IS THAT
CORRECT.
ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE
TO REMEMBER OUR GOAL
IS NOT ONLY TO DECREASE
THE RISK OF THE
INFECTION, BUT ALSO
REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF
ILLNESS IF YOU DO STILL
GET IT.
AND THE BIG QUESTION
CAN YOU GET THE FLU,
THE STANDARD SEASONAL
FLU, AND COVID-19 AT
THE SAME TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU
CAN
SO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
CORONAVIRUS IS STILL SO
NEW, WE'RE NOT SEEING A
LOT OF CASES EMERGING
WITH BOTH, BUT WE DO
KNOW, BOTH ARE
VIRUSES, BOTH ARE
RESPIRATORY LEE
TRANSMITTED. SO THE
RISK OF HAVING ONE,
AND THEN CONTRACTING
THE SECOND VIRUS
SIMULTANEOUSLY IS THE
BIGGEST THING THAT WE
WANT TO DECREASE IN
THIS GENERAL
POPULATION.
ABSOLUTELY, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE ALREADY
KNOW THE IMPACT THAT
JUST THE STANDARD
SEASONAL FLU CAN HAVE
ON THE POPULATION
THEN YOU ADD ANOTHER
LAYER ON TOP OF THAT,
REALLY, TO ME, IS
ENOUGH MOTIVATION
FOR SOMEBODY TO TRY
TO BE PROACTIVE. BUT
LET'S TALK THOUGH TOO
ABOUT IF SOMEONE HAS
SYMPTOMS SO I FEEL THAT
I MAY BE DEVELOPING
POSSIBLY THE SEASONAL
FLU OR MAYBE COVID-19,
AT WHAT POINT SHOULD I
CONTACT MY MEDICAL
CARE PROVIDER.
IF YOU HAVE MILD
SYMPTOMS SAY THEY FEEL
LIKE A GENERALIZED MILD
COLD, AND THEY'RE
MANAGEABLE AT HOME,
YOU DON'T NEED TO
CONTACT YOUR
PHYSICIAN, BUT IF THEY
SEVERELY CHANGE OR SAY
YOU HAVE AN
UNDERLYING MEDICAL
CONDITION, YOU'RE
ALREADY IN THE HIGH
RISK POPULATION GROUP.
THAT WOULD BE A TIME
TO CONTACT YOUR
PHYSICIAN FOR MORE
INFORMATION. AND LET'S
TALK TO ABOUT THE
SYMPTOMS
OF THE SEASONAL FLU
VERSUS COVID-19 WHERE
DO THEY VARY, BOTH
WITH CORONAVIRUS 19
AND INFLUENZA. WE
KNOW IT'S A RESPIRATORY
ILLNESS, SO WE SEE A LOT
OF COUGH WHEEZING,
SOME SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, A LOT OF THINGS
TO LOOK AT. ALSO OUR
THE GRAPH THAT WE
HAVE. YOU CAN SEE
THINGS LIKE FEVER, CHILLS
IN BOTH ILLNESSES. YOU
CAN ALSO SEE COUGH,
SORE THROAT RUNNY
NOSE AND MUSCLE ACHES
ARE VERY COMMON. THE
THING MIGHT VARY,
THOUGH, IS THE SEVERITY
OF THE PROBLEMS
BREATHING SO IF YOU
HAVE SIGNIFICANT
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, A
COUGH THAT'S
PERSISTING LONGER THAN
SEEMED NORMAL OR
EVEN A LACK OF TASTE OR
SMELL. THOSE FALL MORE
IN LINE WITH COVID-19.
AND LET'S BE PROACTIVE
LET'S AT LEAST TRY TO
TAKE, TAKE CARE OF WHAT
WE DO HAVE CONTROL
OVER AND THAT'S TRYING
TO PREVENT ONE OF
THOSE ILLNESSES, WHICH
IS SEASONAL FLU RIGHT.
SO HOW DO WE GO IN
AND GET OUR VACCINE,
HOW DO WE BECOME
VACCINATED FOR THE
SEASONAL FLU.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT,
SAY YOU HAVE A PRIMARY
CARE VISIT WITH YOUR
PHYSICIAN, PLEASE ASK
THEM IF YOU CAN OBTAIN
THE SHOT AT THAT TIME. IF
YOU DON'T HAVE A
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN,
YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL
THE CLINIC NEAREST YOU
AND ASK IF THEY'RE
ACCEPTING WALKINS OR
SCHEDULING
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
VACCINE. LOTS OF
PHARMACIES ALSO CARRY
THE FLU VACCINE, AND
SOMETHING NEW THAT I
JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT
IT I'M VERY EXCITED
ABOUT IT ST ALPHONSUS
IS OFFERING A DRIVE
THRU CLINIC FOR THE FLU
VACCINE. IF YOU'D LIKE
MORE INFORMATION ON
THAT YOU CAN VISIT OUR
WEBSITE@WWW.SEDAR.O
RG. FOR INFORMATION
ON HOW YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SCHEDULE THAT
APPOINTMENT ONLINE.
AND JUST AS A
REMINDER... SAINT
REMINDER... SAINT