Episode 14: Flu Facts

Have you ever wondered about the yearly flu vaccine? What goes into it, how it changes year to year, how the vaccine has evolved alongside the flu itself? Join special guest Erin Deans, along with Natalie, Sam, and Maia as they discuss the flu and the flu vaccine. This episode is bound to teach you something new that you may not have already known about the flu!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:13 Introducing Erin
2:57 Erin's background
6:38 How viruses get into cells
9:49 What is the flu?
14:39 Where the flu comes from
16:40 Why there is a yearly flu shot
20:30 How has the flu evolved?
24:21 How vaccines are made
26:03 The role each hemisphere plays for the other's flu season
26:37 Does weather affect susceptibility to the flu?
28:28 Why does flu vaccine effectiveness vary each year?
32:32 Discussion on how flu strains can come and go
37:12 General discussion on vaccines
39:09 Herd immunity
44:44 The future of vaccines
52:53 Final thoughts on the flu for the 2022-23 flu season