The Trouble with This Year's Flu Season

We here at SciShow know of two things that can help you get through this flu season: a flu shot, and watching this video. Make sure you do both! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kelly Landrum Jones, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick Merrithew, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#ISTE https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/diseases-conditions/fluwatch/2017-2018/week1-december-31-january-6-2018.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/health/flu-season-cdc.html https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/12/flu-season-cdc/ https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/08/flu-virus-h3n2/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/health/cdc-nuclear-war.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flu-vaccine-ldquo-factories-rdquo-create-errors-that-reduce-protection/ http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006682 http://www.pnas.org/content/114/47/12578.full.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718387/ https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00409.asp http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1714916#t=article https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/12/flu-season-cdc/ https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/08/flu-virus-h3n2/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/health/cdc-nuclear-war.html https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-perfect-storm-behind-this-years-nasty-flu-season/550469/ https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/summary.htm https://www.vox.com/2018/1/12/16882622/flu-season-epidemic-prevention-vaccine https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/health/flu-season-cdc.html