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Answering Commonly Asked Questions During 2018 Flu Season

What to Know

  • Flu season is here – and it seems that 2018 is worse than any in the last decade with a rise in the number of hospitalizations and deaths.
  • Roxanne Vargas sat down with Dr. Clifford Medina, the chief of general medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.

Flu season is here – and it seems that 2018 is worse than any in the last decade with a rise in the number of hospitalizations and recent deaths caused by the flu, including a 12-year-old from South Florida.

As part of NBC 6’s Flu Fight 2018, Roxanne Vargas sat down with Dr. Clifford Medina, the chief of general medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, to answer viewer questions and dispel several myths about getting a flu shot.

Dr. Clifford Medina from Mount Sinai Medical Center answers a question on the mind of many after various reports about this year’s flu epidemic.
Dr. Clifford Medina from Mount Sinai Medical Center talks about the side effects of a shot and the chances of not getting the flu if you do get that shot.
Dr. Clifford Medina from Mount Sinai Medical Center answers a mother’s question about whether her child in good health should be given a shot.
NBC 6’s Roxanne Vargas sits down with Dr. Clifford Medina from Mount Sinai Hospital to discuss viewer questions during this flu season.
Dr. Clifford Medina from Mount Sinai Hospital answers a common myth about what happens if you need a shot but you’re already sick.
Dr. Clifford Medina from Mount Sinai Medical Center answers a viewer question from a man who says he hasn’t gotten a flu shot in over a decade.

For more information on the flu shot, contact your physician or visit the websites for the Florida Department of Health or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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