I am going to get a flu shot. Like every adult American should this flu season. My insurance
card. Ready to get a flu shot. You should get a flu shot. Everybody should get a flu
shot. Unless you have some particular medical condition that would prevent you from getting
a flu shot. The last time there was a survey, 58% of Americans didn't get flu shots. Flu
shots are usually really cheap. If you have insurance, it's probably not going to cost
you anything. Just bring your insurance card, very important. If you don't have insurance,
usually they're in the $15-25 range. The flu is very contagious, and sometimes we have
really bad flu outbreaks. In 2004, the flu killed 48,000 people. So far Ebola is tragic
and terrible -- it's a very terrifying disease with a very high mortality rate, but it's
killed about 3,000 people at this point. The flu typically kills thousands of people each
year. These tend to be people with weaker immune systems, who are older or sicker. Essentially
what you're getting is an injection of an inactive flu virus. One of the misconceptions
about the flu vaccine is that you could actually get the flu from getting the vaccine. That's
not true. It's an inactive virus. You might get sore. It's like possible to get a very
minor-grade fever, but you cannot get the flu from the flu vaccine. We're here -- look,
they have a sign outside. No-cost flu shots.
"Are you waiting?" "Oh yeah, I wanted to get a flu shot."
"Do you take an anti-coagulation medication? No. And I'm not pregnant or nursing."
You know, one of the reasons to get the flu shot is obviously to vaccinate yourself, to protect yourself against the flu season, but arguably
the more important reason is to help with something called herd immunity. Let's say
that there's one guy out there in the whole U.S. who gets a flu vaccine. That doesn't
really stop the disease. It might help him, but it doesn't really stop the disease from
spreading. But let's say 90% of the American population gets the flu vaccine. Then it's
really difficult for the flu to bounce form person to person. And you're setting up a
firewall. So that's really important for people who have more fragile immune systems. Maybe
your grandparents -- they're the ones who are must susceptible to the flu, the most
likely to be killed by the flu. So really when you're getting a flu shot, you can do
it for selfish reasons to protect yourself, but you know, let's say you're not completely
selfish. "Does it matter which arm I get it in? I'm kind of nervous. I really don't like needles."
I got a flu shot! You should get a flu shot too! Everyone! Go get your flu shots!
That was not very nice.