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Flu Virus Hits Early Across U.S.

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    Dr. Marc Siegel on efforts to fight the flu virus this year.

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Are you -- right now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a severe flu -- spreading across the country.

Some doctors say this is the worst flu season in years or so that still either refuse to get a flu shot this my recommendation all -- -- Siegel who is -- one more time.

We have these epidemics the -- epidemics every single year.

Every year -- worse than the last year oh go get a flu shot coming to my office -- to fifty bucks to walk across the door and then another hundred bucks to get the flu shot you just wanna suck me into your medical world don't you don't democracy.

You know a couple of hundred republic this purpose no I'm not -- -- -- those it was a -- an expert in fear about exactly the kind of thing you're talking about contagion to overreacting everybody's afraid.

But I'm also a full expert are written books on -- -- telling you this is a bad flu season it's not like all public health -- -- there are -- some of them are real.

The flu this particular strain of flu is very similar to the one which in 2003.

Led to over 40000 deaths when people get the flu they get seriously -- they get fifty they get high favors.

They're prone to pneumonia the prone to bronchitis if you're very old you don't need something like that up flu shot is very -- you're gonna plug in.

-- to the Fairmont -- -- at all the flu shot it's loaded with Mercury no one not plugging into -- it's an ordinance -- you think the flu shot it's safe.

Why not get it what's the big deal get it because it decreases your risk of getting the flu by about 60%.

And will help you protect your family a look at what I have a child that's an asthmatic.

Why should I have a child it's an asthmatic one of the reasons I get a -- -- I don't want him to get before.

OK let me go back to my youth back in the fifties in the early sixties.

I remember a big headline the Asian flu this is in the British tabloids Asian flu -- Hong Kong flu strikes -- lifeline its.

That's forty years ago.

45 years ago.

Has that been a flu epidemic every single -- doesn't happen every single yeah but he always tells the same thing it's worse than last year's get terrible that -- -- that.

Well because because yes -- -- as an act as the flu is one of those things we worry about it so wily character the flu changes all the time it's always mutated don't you -- -- middle -- -- -- you don't think.

This tremendous amount of hard and I -- if -- -- fight came on here in 2009.

When the Swine Flu is out.

I would agree with you -- so much -- was made out of the Swine -- the World Health Organization -- -- about it that's right and the World Health Organization went around -- -- all kinds of drug manufacturers went around.

Producing all that -- your book.

Swine Flu plus the the new -- then I will tell you that there was a lot of hype made over that so you're not who totally wrong -- -- you're really Smart gun.

Okay you're not totally wrong here but we also shouldn't mock what is the real serious illness -- about the suggesting that that this particular strain.

That these flu shots on -- and address and anyway.

They do -- that's a good question in 2003 it was a bad match that this year it looks like a very good match Charles so this year it will take care industry.

You're asking questions about the very end of the interview now -- -- -- -- always troubled commercial break it because of -- kind he -- -- the -- that I know we did it was good I think the numbers -- pretty good at this point.

Doctor thank you -- monitored the certain time of the golden --

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