Prepping for Flu Season-The Importance of an Annual Flu Shot

Last year's flu season was one of the deadliest in the last 40 years, with an estimated 80,000 deaths in the U.S. Lisa Lockerd Maragakis, MD, MPH, Senior Director of Infection Prevention at the Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore explained why it is important to get a flu shot in October. She discussed the different types of flu vaccine available and dispelled some of the most common myths about it.