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HealthWise at Five: Reasons why you should get the flu vaccine

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More than 200,000 people are hospitalized every year from complications from the flu, and as many as 36 thousand die.  That's according to the CDC, which recommends a vaccine every year to protect against the flu.  Dr. Richard Lampe, chairman of pediatrics at Texas Tech is here with some advice about the flu while he gets his shot himself by his nurse, Lauren Anderson.

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