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Hi! Welcome to our video series.
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In this one we're going to
introduce you to some things
hopefully you're brand new to
you about the influenza vaccine
and where it comes from.
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Now influenza is
a viral infection
that attacks your
respiratory system.
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So it's your nose
throat and lungs.
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We usually call it the flu
but it's not the same
as a stomach flu.
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That's a virus that can
cause diarrhea or vomiting
sometimes influenza
has those side effects.
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Also, however,
when we speak of influenza
we really mean the
viral infection
that primarily attacks
your respiratory system.
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So, you should see my face
when I'm around somebody
who sneezes and doesn't
cover their mouths,
but there's a pretty
graphic illustration of
how far germs can spread.
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So without further Ado.
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How is influenza spread?
Well, it's droplets in the air
If you couldn't tell
from our picture
Ddroplets in the air
from an infected person are
inhaled by another person.
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Just thinking about
that grosses me out
because you know,
it happens all the time.
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But if you do it from
an infected person
into another person
or picked up from an object
like a keyboard an ATM machine
a grocery cart handle or a pen.
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All those can
transmit influenza.
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So it transfers them to
their eyes nose or mouth.
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So during flu season a
really good thing to do
keep your hands clean,
especially after using
something in a public.
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Public area like an ATM
machine, a handle of a gas
any that things to wash
your hands after that
or at least use
disinfectant after that,
but if you touch your eyes, nose
or mouth before keeping
your hands clean,
that's when you're really at
risk for picking up influenza
from an inanimate object.
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So you either
droplets you inhale it
or you pick it up from
an inanimate object
that's by used
with someone who is
infected with the influenza.
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Okay, fact or fiction.
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So you got a 50/50 chance here
how this is going to work.
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You can get the flu
from the flu shot.
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Now, this is what I hear
from my friends all the time.
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I'm not getting the flu shot
because last time I
got it I got the flu.
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So do they know what
they're talking about or not
fact or fiction?
Yeah fiction.
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This isn't true.
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Now they might have already had
some type of infection coming on.
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But you don't get the flu
from the flu shot.
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Now is the flu shot a
hundred percent effective.
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That's another complaint
of here for my friends
while I got the flu shot and
I think I got the flu later.
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Anyway, well,
it isn't a hundred
percent effective
because the flu virus
is constantly changing
into new strains
and we'll explain more how
a flu vaccine is developed
and you'll understand why it's
not a hundred percent effective.
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So it takes about 10 to 14 days
for antibodies to be created
that can fight off influenza.
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So not only can It change
but for up to two weeks
after I received the vaccine,
I'm not covered right?
I'm not protected.
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Even from what that vaccine
was set up to protect me from.
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So there's a time
period two weeks
up to two weeks after
I received the vaccine
to where we will to fight off
the influenza virus
based on that vaccine.
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So, is it a hundred
percent effective
No for two reasons.
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1. The virus is
constantly changing
and 2.
you've got a two-week window
before you're actually
going to be protective.
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So those are a couple of reasons
why I can struggle
with that at times.
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Now how do we decide what's
going to be in the vaccine?
Do you know there's
more than a hundred
national influenza centers
in over a hundred countries
and they collect data
on influenza year round.
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Okay, let that sink in.
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A hundred national
influenza centers
in a over a hundred countries.
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Whoa, we're talking about
lots and lots of data
kind of gives you an idea of
how big a deal influenza is.
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Now supplies of the
virus are sent for five
who collaborating centers.
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Okay, so samples of viruses
that are collected
around the world
are sent to five who
collaborating centers
so they take a look
at these for research
and review of influenza
Now Atlanta, Georgia, the USA.
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You've got London
in the United Kingdom,
got Melbourne in Australia
Tokyo in Japan
and Beijing China.
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Look at that!
Pretty much have
the globe covered
in all five of those.
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So if you think what goes
on about your flu vaccine is
all what's at the CVS or
Walgreens, you're wrong.
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How this vaccine is selected
is a worldwide problem.
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That's why the World Health
Organization is involved.
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See the who assesses which
strains of the flu virus
are most likely
to be circulating
in the northern hemisphere
in the following winter
and recommends which flu
strain should be included.
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Okay.
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So we've got the World
Health Organization
because this is a
worldwide problem.
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They try and look at
which strains of the flu
do they most suspect
based on all the data
they've collected
from all these centers
which one is most
likely to be circulating
in the northern hemisphere
in the following winter.
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That's how they determined
the recommendations for which
flu strains should be
included in the vaccine
in each country makes
a final decision.
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So they collect all this data
The WHO The World
Health Organization
makes its opinion
it's recommendations
on what each country should do.
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However, each country
makes the final decision
on which strains
will be included
in the licensed flu
vaccines for their country.
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So it's a global effort
that each country
still has the ability
to make the final decision.
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Now most years one or
two strains of type A flu
and type B flu circulate.
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That's kind of a general
rule of what happens.
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Now in America the Food
and Drug Administration
makes the decision
for the United States.
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So vaccine production
starts in about March,
which isn't that kind of weird.
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We're thinking about
everything wrapping up in March
as far as influenza, but really
vaccine production is just
firing up for the next year
because it won't be ready
again until September
so it take six months for a
large quantity of production
of vaccine for influenza.
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So got it,
collect information around the world
FDA takes the recommendations
makes the decisions
for the United States.
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They start vaccine
production in March
because it's going to
be ready in September
about six months later.
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So that's why we were
if you're in healthcare,
you've already noticed like
has the flu vaccine arrived yet
and you're waiting for what
date it actually arrives
because it's got to be ready.