About 45% of U.S. adults and 63% of children were vaccinated during the 2018–19 flu season. Even with those low numbers the CDC estimates 4.4 million flu cases were prevented, along with 58,000 hospitalizations and 3,500 deaths.

In this episode we discuss who should and should not get the flu shot, facts vs myths and new vaccine research. 

We also dive into the similarities and differences between influenza and COVID-19.

This year may be one of the most important in flu history. With COVID 19 circulating during this flu, complications of having one or both can be deadly.

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