Patti Morven, a resident of Kelowna and a member of the Nisga’a First Nation, is a family support worker. She understands the importance of getting the flu shot for her community. “I work with the very young and with Elders,” says Patti. “Getting the flu shot not only provides saf...
"If we can boost what resolves infection in us, we probably have a better shot. We're less likely to have resistance. The immune system is so complicated, but it's our best bet in the long run to work with what we have rather than chase viruses that continue to escape our therapeutic...
Does the Flu Shot really protect me against the Flu? No, the CDC even admits it doesn’t protect you because the virus mutates every year and they can’t predict which strains will hit. Even when they do get the strain right, they can’t prove it actually works. Just do a google ...
"Getting a flu shot is the best preventer," says Michael Jhung, M.D., of the CDC. Experts say to get it as soon as it's out, usually in early fall. So yes, like now! Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 23 Wash Your Hands Media Platforms Design Team Always clean your hands afte...
Although the public had been alerted that this winter could be a potentially bad flu season, barely half of Americans said in January that they had received a flu shot, a vaccination level unchanged in a representative national panel from the comparable
"This virus defies anything we've ever seen. Sometimes it's airborne. Sometimes it's not.It mutates daily. We're trying to cure it and we can't even pin it down." ―The Doctor, The Sacrifice comic "I think CEDA should have been telling us to do more than
A nurse prepares a flu shot from a vaccine vial at the Salvation Army in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) The Centers for Disease Control have announced that there are signs the flu epidemic may be peaking. But a sharp increase in the number of children’s flu deaths – and thousands ...
causes COVID, so public health measures like masking and social distancing were very effective at stopping the spread of the flu. The numbers were so low that the Centers for Disease Control had to skip out on calculating the 2020-2021 flu shot effectiveness becausethey didn’t have enough ...
Whether you have the flu or a cold, you know they are not going to be pleasant. It is the reason why many people opt for the flu shot to prevent getting them. But, you risk possible negative side effects that may sometimes be worse than the flu itself. ...
And so it is very much the case that you could get the COVID shot or this season's annual flu shot. Be protected because you have all these reinforcements of T cells and antibodies in your lungs; they're backward deployed, but you have less of those as we go up the respiratory tract...