What's New with the Flu?

What's New with the Flu?

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Listen - What's New with the Flu? Flu vs COVID
Listen - What's New with the Flu: Strategies to Protect Against the Flu
Listen - What's New with the Flu: How do Flu Vaccines Work?
Listen - What's New with the Flu: Who Should get Flu Vaccine

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This week's MedEvidence! podcast is a four-part series airing back-to-back this week on "What New with the Flu?"  In this first 10-minute episode Dr. Michael Koren, Dr. Victoria Helow, and Michelle McCormick discuss Flu and COVID.

Part 1: Flu and COVID. You will learn:

  • Koren's chronicles on the history of flu
  • What happens in your body when you have the flu
  • Similarities between flu and COVID
  • Interested in participating in a flu vaccine clinical trial visit click HERE.

Part 2: Strategies to Protect Against the Flu. You will learn:

  • Flu Mitigation Strategy
  • Mode of Transmission  
  • Aerosol
  • Droplet
  • Fomite

Part 3: How do Flu Vaccines Work? You will learn:

  • How vaccines are made
  • Trivalent vs. quadrivalent vs. mRNA
  • Dr. Helow's vaccine military analogy
  • Different vaccine technologies
  • Interested in participating in a flu vaccine clinical trial click HERE.

Part 4: Who Should Get the Flu Vaccine? You will learn:

  • Who should get the flu vaccine
  • Exposure Risk vs. Medical Risk
  • Get paid to document any symptoms of the flu shot
  • Interested in participating in a flu vaccine clinical trial click HERE.

 

Music: Storyblocks - Corporate Inspired

Original Air Date: August 19, 2022