You and your friends are driving to the mall; it is lateOctober. A public service announcement comes on the radio urgingpeople to get their flu vaccinations. You are a second year nursingstudent and you mention that the nursing staff at your universityis holding a vaccine clinic next week. Your friend Susan says, "I'm not getting a flu shot! Last time I did, it gave me the flu."Others in the car agree with her. But Heather asks you if it's truethat the vaccine can give you the flu. 1. What should your answertot Heather's question be? 2. Heather says that because she had aflu shot last year she's going to skip it this year. Respond, withan explanation. 3. What is the difference between "antigenic drift"and "antigenic shift"? 4. What is different about the vaccine fromyear to year? Who decides what form it will take every year? 5.Susan wants to know why you don't have to get the other vaccinesannually.
You and your friends are driving to the mall; it is lateOctober. A public service announcement comes on the radio urgingpeople to get their flu vaccinations. You are a second year nursingstudent and you mention that the nursing staff at your universityis holding a vaccine clinic next week. Your friend Susan says, "I'm not getting a flu shot! Last time I did, it gave me the flu."Others in the car agree with her. But Heather asks you if it's truethat the vaccine can give you the flu. 1. What should your answertot Heather's question be? 2. Heather says that because she had aflu shot last year she's going to skip it this year. Respond, withan explanation. 3. What is the difference between "antigenic drift"and "antigenic shift"? 4. What is different about the vaccine fromyear to year? Who decides what form it will take every year? 5.Susan wants to know why you don't have to get the other vaccinesannually.
