Infectious disease expert explains why this year's flu virus is so deadly

Health workers are facing a huge challenge in trying to contain this season's flu outbreak. It's the most widespread in recent years, with at least 37 child deaths reported so far. The biggest clusters are in the South and West. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joins "CBS This Morning" from the NIH headquarters to discuss the importance of getting vaccinated and why it's so difficult to create a universal vaccine.

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[kandifaafeu]

"There's no profit with healthy people"

[tomzz]

He needs to explain the people who are dying from the flu are the ones getting the flu

[avail.]

Why aren't they reporting about those who have died due to the flu vaccine ???

[timcalhoon]

Got the double strength flu shot and ended up in the hospital for 5 days with terrible complications from H3N2!

[HappybyChoice]

I would like to know how they determine how effective the vaccine is. If 30% effective, does that mean that 30% of those who got the vaccine did not get the flu?

[gordonwiessner]

Now explain why your fudging the numbers to downplay the seriousness of this outbreak.

[kmfritz]

if you can't baffle them with brilliance be-wilder them with BS

[BK-ubxd]

Okay guys currently I have a bad flu I m showing most of these effects now im starting to take cold showers as it increases the white blood cels hopefully it will work

[cydsimone]

He said vaccine or vaccination 15 times in 4 minutes.

[igotalife]

Anti vaxxers are like “this causes autism” and “big pharma”

[maygodsavexxtentacion]

Well and of the world here I come







PS this virus could be bad I saw 3 black hawk helicopters fly over my house so idk what is going on