https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/coldflu/2010-11-15-myths-flu_N.htm

 

This article is talking about the myths of the flu. The flu and a cold are very similar and hard to tell apart what you might have and the flu is much more severe than a common cold. It is a common myth that the flu shot is the cause of the flu. It takes about two weeks for the flu shot to help provide immunity, so in the meantime, your body may end up catching the flu in that time period. Another myth is the flu is just a little more severe than a cold. Flus actually have life threatening consequences. Another common myth is that you only need the flu shot when you’re sick. According to the CDC, 90% of deaths because of the flu were ages under 30 and the other 10% were children. According to Randy Bergen of Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, Calif who is a pediatrician, he states, “Actually, the new flu shot was made the same way as every other flu shot”. He is saying that all these flu shots are no different from year to year. This basically means, since there are no changes in the production and creation of the flu shot, there will be no danger or caution to be taken because it’s the same as the previous ones, and we are already aware of the regular symptoms that happen to people so, each year’s flu shot should be no different. The author is arguing this because there are many false myths that people make up which are causing many lives to be lost because they are making some false ideas that are not entirely true.