Name: Flu Vaccine Risks and Benefits
Uploaded: 2014-05-02T13:33:53.000Z
Duration: 12 min 56 s
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So a lot of people are trying to decide about

and what are the benefits of getting the flu vaccine?

So I'm going to write up here the risks and benefits.

We're going to go through them kind of systematically,

and hopefully by the end, you'll have a nice little table

you can look at to take a look at kind of both sides,

So let's start with some of the common issues.

we know are going to be a risk with the vaccine?

you kind of know, if it's an injectable vaccine,

that the injection is not going to be pain-free.

I mean, most injections are going to hurt a little bit.

And so this, actually, for some people is not a big deal.

But for others, like me, it is a big deal.

You know, I always remember, people would tell me,

And I would feel like they lied to me, because I always

I often kind of dragged my feet about getting the vaccine.

I thought, well, you know, do I really want to go in today

And the one that causes arm soreness, the one that we

So if you don't like getting an injection in the arm,

if you're like me, then you can also get the other vaccine.

although I know a lot of people say that they've had that.

So these are the common issues, or the common risks

are thought to cause the flu, but they actually

Something that is dead-- a virus that is dead--

But even this weak virus, this weakened virus

that's in the vaccine, is also not going to cause the flu.

It causes symptoms that sometimes are unpleasant,

like a runny nose, usually, but it doesn't cause the flu.

What are the benefits, the common benefits

that we know you can get from the vaccine?

What are the reasons we even take vaccine?

And this is kind of how I qualify it to myself.

be OK with getting an injection in the arm?

Probably, yeah, because I know that in terms of pain,

on your back in bed for three or four days, sometimes more,

So I would definitely opt for getting a vaccine

called vaccine efficacy-- kind of the ability of the vaccine

And the vaccine efficacy of this vaccine is not perfect.

That's something we have to remember, right?

It's actually, we think, somewhere between 60% and 70%.

So if I'm going to draw a little force field, a purple force

field, showing that I'm protected from the flu,

to say that it's not a perfect bit of protection.

But it's pretty good, and that's the whole point, right?

So those are the common benefits that you can expect.

Now, let me draw a little bit more space up

here so I can continue with this risk/benefit analysis.

people sometimes talk about, with the vaccine.

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