MILITARY OFFICIALS TWEETED
A PHOTO OF A CRASH THAT
HAPPENED LAST MONTH.
SAYING MAJOR LEVI -- RESCUED
THE DRIVER AND PROVIDED LIFE-
SAVING AID WHICH KEPT THE
DRIVER FROM BLEEDING TO DEATH.
THE CDC IS PURCHASING A
RECORD AMOUNT OF FLU VACCINE
THIS YEAR.
ALMOST 10 MILLION DOSES UP FROM
THE USUAL 500,000.
THE PROBLEM NOW, CONVINCING
SKEPTICAL AMERICANS TO GET A
FLU SHOT.
Reporter: GOOD EVENING,
WE'VE ALL BEEN ASKED TO DO
THINGS THIS YEAR TO KEEP
OURSELVES AND OTHERS SAFE AND
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THAT NOW
INCLUDES MAKING SURE YOU GET A
FLU SHOT.
THE CDC SAYS THE U.S. WILL HAVE
AROUND 200 MILLION DOSES OF FLU
VACCINE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.
NOW, HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE TO
CONVINCE AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE TO GET A FLU SHOT.
IT IS CERTAINLY SAFE AND
IT'S PRETTY EFFECTIVE.
Reporter: DR. GEORGES
BENJAMIN IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
IS IS USUALLY ONLY ABOUT 40 TO
45% OF AMERICANS GET A FLU
SHOT.
IF WE CAN GET THAT INTO THE
70% RANGE, THAT WOULD DO A
WHOLE LOT.
Reporter: JUST THIS WEEK,
PARENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS
PROTESTED AGAINST MANDATORY FLU
SHOTS FOR STUDENTS.
IT'S ONE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES
HEALTH OFFICIALS FACE THIS
YEAR.
SO HAVING REALLY TOO BIG
ACADEMIC -- EPIDEMICS THAT HAVE
SIMILAR SYMPTOMS THAT WILL TAX
THE HEALTH SYSTEM WILL BE A
REAL PROBLEM.
Reporter: TO AVOID THAT
WORST-CASE SCENARIO, THEY ARE
PLAYING WITH EVERYONE THEY CAN
TO GET A FLU SHOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION
OUT THERE.
Reporter: THE CDC ALSO GAVE
OUT $140 MILLION TO HELP STATES
WITH THEIR VACCINE CAMPAIGNS
AND RECOMMENDS EVERYONE KEEP UP
WITH MASKS, HANDWASHING AND
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
PLUS GET YOUR SHOT.
Reporter: THE CDC ALSO
PURCHASED ALMOST 10 MILLION
DOSES OF FLU VACCINE FOR
UNINSURED ADULTS, AN INCREASE
FROM THE 500,000 DOSES IT
USUALLY BUYS FOR THAT GROUP.
FLU SHOTS ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE
