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Flu Shot Recommended for Just About Everyone As fall continues, I hope that everyone will remember the importance of receiving the influenza vaccination. These days, it could not be easier since the vaccine is now routinely given at your neighborhood pharmacy. Who knows whether this flu season will be mild or severe? There is always the possibility that a rapid outbreak of an unusual strain of the influenza virus can lead to millions of cases of infection, a great deal of suffering and many deaths. This year, there appears to be an outbreak of influenza that can rapidly spread from pigs to man. Since July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a rather large number of infections with an influenza A virus (H3N2) that predominantly affects pigs but can readily spread to people. For this reason, the CDC urges that anyone planning to attend a state or county fair be vaccinated as soon as possible. To date, most infections have occurred in young children with little immunity against the influenza virus. However, serious disease may occur in anyone at high risk, including young children, pregnant women, anyone with a reduced ability to fight infections, people with heart disease or diabetes and people over the age of 65. A vaccination is required annually, as each year the influenza viruses included in the vaccination change. Ad Proof: Every February, a committee of the World Bram’s Health Organization determines which of the nu1/12th page, B&W, 26xare rate ($89.00/wk) merous strains of the virus likely to cause the most the flu is predominantly Oct.infections. 21, 2012 As • Volume 8: Issue #43 an illness that occurs during the winter, epidemiologists track which viruses are causing the most havoc in Corrections due by: 5 As pm, Mon. 10/15/12 the Southern Hemisphere. winter approaches the viruses march northward. They can always lead to serious illness, particularly in those who have not been vaccinated. Currently each vaccine provides protection against three strains of virus (trivalent vaccine), but soon, a new vaccine that protects against four different strains should become available. So should we all be vaccinated? The CDC

recommends that everyone 6 months and older receive yearly vaccinations. If supplies are limited, it is critical that the vaccine be given to those at the highest risk, including children age 6 months to 4 years, pregnant women, anyone over age 50, and those with severe lung disease, a suppressed immune system, morbid obesity or diabetes. Anyone under the age of 18 taking aspirin must be vaccinated, as they are more prone to develop a serious complication from influenza called Reye’s syndrome. Every nursing home patient should be vaccinated, as should all healthcare providers, caregivers or workers who come in frequent contact with young children or older people. For the very old and those with the greatest difficulty fighting infections, a high-dose flu shot should be considered. Called Fluzone HD, this vaccine contains four times as much antigen (a protein in the virus that stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies). Research has shown that the high-dose vaccine is as safe as the regular kind, and leads to a much more robust immune response in those over the age of 65. The experience with this vaccine is still insufficient to determine if the higher dose provides a greater protection against developing a severe infection. The CDC emphasizes that the high-dose vaccine should not be used in anyone under the age of 65. Some elect to receive the influenza vaccination as a nasal spray. This form should not be used in children between the age of 6 and 23 months or in adults over the age of 50. A doctor’s prescription is not needed for a flu shot. Whether receiving the vaccination from a pharmacist or another health care provider, ask whether other vaccines should be given. The evidence is compelling that vaccination is the most critical way to prevent serious complications from influenza. Remember that if you are young and healthy and become infected, not only will your symptoms be significant, but spreading the virus to everyone around you may lead to a life-threatening infection in someone much more susceptible than you.

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CASEY’S CORNER (from page 9) you’re looking for and correctly interpret the reaction you get. To learn more about the five personality tests and how to properly administer them, read “When Good Dogs Do Bad Things,” and visit the “affection training” section of unclematty.com to learn about the connection between temperament testing and successful training. And if you need help finding the right dog for you, know that there are professional dog trainers and behaviorists who provide this service -- who ask you questions to get you thinking about your lifestyle, your energy, your wants and needs, who go with you to the shelter, who administer these tests, who interpret the results and who make a recommendation. Ultimately, the decision is yours and the decision is big -- so do everything you can to get it right. Woof!

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(And yes ... that’s why they call it “ape.”) Twitter can, however, bring the average fan closer to the player in ways never before accessible. Maybe you’re online when you get the chance to spar with one of your favorite players, like I did the other night from my personal twitter account with noted game-show host Chuck Woolery. After Bob Barker, Monty Hall, Richard Dawson and Alex Trebeck, Woolery is one of the top 10 game-show hosts in history. He’s a real player. Here’s how our game went down: @chuckwoolery: “I’m amazed with the stark difference between right and left. One group asking for prayer for someone the other side is slinging insults.” My reply: “Right, Chuck. You keep praying and pretending that posts like this aren’t veiled attempts at insults.” Chuck: “You have not seen me call names or use toilet humor to tear someone down.” Retort: “No ... but I’ve seen you play plenty of games.” That was enough fun for me to want to get into the game. Shoot me a message or shoot me down, but please do follow this column on Twitter and keep advancing the discussion. Follow me and I’ll follow you ... @sportingview. I’m game. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City.

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A TRIP TO THE ZOO (from page page 3) however. In their natural habitat, they prefer seal pups, and their acute sense of smell can detect a seal on the ice up to 20 miles away. The bears frequently eat only the seal’s fat just below the skin, ignoring the rest of the carcass, making for an extremely fatty diet. Yet it doesn’t seem to slow them down! A polar bear can sprint along at a speed of 25 mph for short distances, as well as easily jump a 6-ft.-high snowdrift. • The koala bear isn’t a bear at all, but is actually a member of the marsupial family, joining the kangaroo, wallaby, and opossum. The koala’s diet consists of nothing but eucalyptus leaves, about a pound and a half per day. In fact, the koala would be extinct without the eucalyptus. Sounds like a pretty boring feed, but consider that there are about 600 kinds of eucalyptus trees and to the koala, each one tastes different. If you think your teenager is lazy, consider that the koala sleeps an average of 22 hours per day! There have been koalas at the famous San Diego Zoo since 1925 when the children of Sydney, Australia gifted the zoo with Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. ■

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PHOBIAS (continued): • Some phobias relate to what’s up above, such as the sun (heliophobia), the clouds (nephophobia), the moon (selenophobia), and the stars (siderophobia). Some folks are just afraid of looking up – they are called anablephobes. • Not all phobias seem that abnormal or uncommon. Lots of people might have a fear of death, known as necrophobia. But those with an extreme form might be terrified of being buried alive. A nosocomephobe has a fear of hospitals, a verminophobe is afraid of germs, and a hydrophobe has an irrational fear of water. • Individuals suffering from extreme agoraphobia rarely leave their homes, due to their fear of public or open spaces and the inescapable situations that may occur there. Only home is safe. • Some phobias can be a learned behavior that comes from listening to others describe a traumatic event. An individual in one’s life can trigger a phobia, such as peladophobia, the fear of bald people. Those with nosto-phobia, a fear of returning home, may be able to contribute their panic to a specific incident. • People who are afraid of looking into mirrors have cataptrophobia, while those with cyberphobia have a fear of working with computers. A person with an anxiety about memories is a mnemophobe. • Don’t confuse levophobia, the fear of objects to a person’s left, with dextrophobia, the fear of objects to the right. • Although some of us fear the possibility of cancer, an extreme carcinophobe will convince himself he has cancer because he touched someone who has it.

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