It’s flu season: Who needs the vaccine and why?

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00:00Despite the confusion regarding vaccines, doctors say the flu recommendations have not changed.

00:07Flu kills a lot of people, Americans, every single year.

00:13I mean, sometimes it's, you know, the tens of thousands, some of those estimates each year.

00:17And it's something that, you know, people forget about.

00:23The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say just about everyone over six months should consider the vaccine.

00:28There are persons who are also at higher risk of, you know, complications from flu.

00:36There are, you know, it's persons over 65, persons that are immunocompromised.

00:42So who shouldn't get the vaccine?

00:44The CDC says people with severe, life-threatening allergies to any ingredient in the vaccine.

00:50Flu season typically picks up in November and runs through May.

00:52It's really important. It's preventable. These are effective. They're safe.

00:57And, again, it's a very serious illness.

01:02It can cause very severe illness, hospitalizations, and even death.

01:07And it does that every year.

01:09For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Henry.