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Despite the confusion regarding vaccines, doctors say the flu recommendations have not changed
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Flu kills a lot of people, Americans, every single year. I mean, sometimes it's, you know, the tens of thousands, some of those estimates each year
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And it's something that, you know, people forget about. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say just about everyone over six months should consider the vaccine
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There are persons who are also at higher risk of complications from flu
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There are persons over 65, persons that are immunocompromised. So who shouldn't get the vaccine
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The CDC says people with severe, life-threatening allergies to any ingredient in the vaccine
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Flu season typically picks up in November and runs through May. It's really important. It's preventable
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These are effective. They're safe. And again, it's a very serious illness
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It can cause very severe illness, hospitalizations and even death. And it does that every year
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Henry
