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ADVICE ON NAVIGATING THE FLU

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SEASON.

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>> SOME DOCTORS ARE CALLING THE

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UPCOMING FLU SEASON A TWINDEMIC

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AND AS FLU SEASON STARTS THE

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COUNTRY IS GRAPPLING WITH THE

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SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES DRIVE

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ESPECIALLY BY THE DELTA VARIANT.

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JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO

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PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THE FLU

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IS Dr. LISA RAVINDRA PRIMARY

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CARE PHYSICIAN WITH RUSH

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UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

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>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

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>> THERE WERE CONCERNS LAST YEAR

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ABOUT A TWINDEMIC AND IT DID NOT

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MATERIALIZE WITH THE FLU.

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WHY NOT?

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>> THAT IS WE FIRST STARTED

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HEARING ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF A

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TWINDEMIC LAST FALL AND THE

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CONCERN THAT ON TOP OF THE

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BURDEN THAT COVID WAS PUTTING ON

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OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM THAT WE WERE

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WORRIED ABOUT FLU ALSO BURDENING

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FURTHER THE HOSPITALS.

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IT DIDN'T PAN OUT.

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WHICH IS A GOOD THING BUT I

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THINK THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS

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WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST

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YEAR.

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WE WERE UNDER STRICTER COVID

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MEASURES TO MITIGATE COVID.

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PEOPLE WERE MASKING.

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PEOPLE WERE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL

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AND WORK LIKE THEY ARE NOW.

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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT THE FLU

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VACCINE MORE PEOPLE THAN USUAL

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GOT THE FLU VACCINE LAST YEAR.

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A LOT OF MY PATIENTS ARE EAGER

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IN GETTING THE VACCINE BEFORE I

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WOULD BRING IT UP KNOWING THAT

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THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE BOTH

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ILLNESSES BE AN ISSUE IN THE

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WINTER.

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>> A LOT OF FACTORS.

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WHAT ARE DOCTORS PREDICTING FOR

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THIS UP COMING FLU SEASON NOTING

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THAT KIDS BY AND LARGE ARE BACK

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IN SCHOOL?

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>> THE FLU SEASON IS NOTORIOUSLY

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HARD TO PREDICT.

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WE HAVE TO FIND OUT.

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I'M HOPING OUR WARNINGS LAST

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YEAR WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE

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PEOPLE TO GET THE FLU SHOT AND

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THIS YEAR WE'LL DO THE SAME.

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BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S

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SEVERAL MODELS PREDICTING A

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SEVERE FLU SEASON AND THAT IS

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BECAUSE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.

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PEOPLE ARE NOT MASKS AS MUCH ARE

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NOT DOING THE SAME MEASURES.

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BUT ALSO FOR A FEW DIFFERENT

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REASONS.

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USUALLY EVEN IF PEOPLE AREN'T --

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DON'T GET SYMPTOMS FROM THE FLU

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THEY ARE EXPOSED TO THE FLU AT

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SOME POINT DURING THE FLU SEASON

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AND DEVELOP SOME ANTIBODIES THAT

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CARRY OVER INTO THE NEXT SEASON.

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BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO FLU

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CIRCULATING LAST YEAR MOST

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PEOPLE DID NOT GET EXPOSED THEIR

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IMMUNITY LEVEL ANTIBODY LEVEL IS

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GOING TO BE LOWER AND HAVE OLDER

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ANTIBODIES THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE

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TO FIGHT IT.

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>> THE DOWNSIDES OF NOT HAVING A

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ROBUST FLU SEASON AND KIDS ARE

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VECTORS OF THE FLU.

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DOES IT STAND TO REASON IF THEY

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ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND IN TIGHT

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QUARTERS, THEY MIGHT SPREAD THE

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FLU TO THE GENERAL POPULATION?

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>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

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AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR

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ANYBODY OVER THE AIMING OF SIX

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MONTHS, CHILDREN INCLUDED TO GET

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THE FLU VACCINE.

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AND I SAY START GET TO GO NOW.

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WE GOT FLU VACCINE TO MY OFFICE

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AND I'M ADVISING MY PATIENTS TO

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GET VACCINATED AS SOON AS

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POSSIBLE.

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THERE IS NO REASON TO WAIT.

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SO DO IT NOW.

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>> WHAT ABOUT CONCERNS FROM

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PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE COVID-19

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VACCINE AND WONDER IS IT SAFE TO

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TAKE THE FLU VACCINE IN CLOSE

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PROXIMITY?

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SO INITIALLY WHEN THE COVID

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VACCINE CAME OUT LAST WINTER WE

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WERE ADVISING PATIENTS TO WAIT

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14-DAYS BETWEEN GETTING ANY

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OTHER IMMUNIZATIONS.

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BUT THAT RECOMMENDATION IS NOT

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ON NOW.

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IT'S SAFE TO GET THE FLU SHOT

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AND THE COVID-19 VACCINE

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ALTOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME.

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SAME DAY.

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THERE IS NO REASON TO SPACE THEM

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OUT.

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SO IF SOMEBODY IS ELIGIBLE FOR

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THE BOOSTER SHOT, OR THE THIRD

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SHOT, I RECOMMEND GETTING

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EVERYTHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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>> GOING BACK TO YOU'RE SAYING

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MODELS ARE PREDICTING A HEAVY

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FLU SEASON BEYOND KIDS BEING IN

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SCHOOL, NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING AS

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MUCH WHAT ARE THE OTHER FACTORS

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THAT GO INTO THAT MODELING?

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>> IN YEARS PAST WE'VE LOOKED AT

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THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

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COUNTRIES LIKE AUSTRALIA TO SEE

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HOW THEIR FLU SEASON WENT.

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THEIR'S IS JUST ENDING NOW.

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THEY HAD A LIGHT SEASON AGAIN

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THIS YEAR.

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BUT THEY ARE ALSO MUCH MORE

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STRICT ABOUT COVID MEASURES AND

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NOT THEIR BORDERS ARE MOSTLY

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CLOSED.

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I DON'T THINK WE CAN BASE IT ON

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THEIR MODEL BECAUSE WE'RE

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FUNCTIONING DIFFERENTLY IN OUR

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COUNTRY.

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THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS THAT

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GO INTO IT.

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A LOT OF TIMES WE USE THE

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STRAINS FROM PREVIOUS SEASONS TO

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PREDICT STRAINS OF THE FLU THIS

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YEAR BUT IT'S HARDER WHEN THE

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FLU WAS SO LIGHT LAST YEAR.

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>> A LOT OF THINGS FOR PARENTS