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Speaker 5: So, there's been.
Speaker 1: A lot of talk about how Americans are Islamophobic. and
Speaker 1: they won't ever embrace somebody like El-Sayed Ahmed. And, you know,
Speaker 1: here's my issue with that, okay? I think Islamophobia may
Speaker 1: grow based on Abdul El-Sayed. I'm sorry, Abdul El-Sayed. And
Speaker 1: His actions are not helping the Islamic community. Having friends
Speaker 1: and family who live very close with Muslims in Israel
Speaker 1: and in California, and we've seen such community between groups,
Speaker 1: that is going to get hurt and destroyed. not by
Speaker 1: people's personal biases, but by what some of these candidates
Speaker 1: are saying. So if you remember, in March 2026, there
Speaker 1: was an attempted attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Speaker 1: So initially, Abdul El-Sayed releases a statement condemning the anti-Semitic violence,
Speaker 1: praising law enforcement, stating Jewish Americans have a right to
Speaker 1: worship and peace. Fantastic. Great, great. I think we all agree.
Speaker 1: Just like what happened in Minnesota, the church, Catholic church
Speaker 1: getting attacked while kids are in preschool. We all agree.
Speaker 1: We condemn violence. However, apparently what followed up from that
Speaker 1: is Abdul El-Sayed later had video remarks addressing the attacker,
Speaker 1: Ayman Ghazali, an Arab American whose family members, including two children,
Speaker 1: he claims were killed by Israelis. in Lebanon days prior.
Speaker 1: He said the attack could not be justified, but El-Sayed
Speaker 1: tied the violence to the Middle East conflict, saying, hurt
Speaker 1: people hurt people. Violence is a cycle. And he said
Speaker 1: that these remarks were a risk of an act of leadership. Now,
Speaker 1: of course, people were like, what are you talking about?
Speaker 1: So you're saying that in our Michigan community, there's going
Speaker 1: to be attacks because somebody feels across the globe that
Speaker 1: that connects our community's temple and church. I mean, are you,
Speaker 1: let's say somebody doesn't like what the Pope decides. At
Speaker 1: the Vatican. You're going to shoot up a Catholic church.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 1: Somebody. Somebody who died. In this Nepal China. Flood. And
Speaker 1: they feel. It's because of the infrastructure. And the lack
Speaker 1: of attention. To safety measures. They're going to go.
Speaker 3: To a.
Speaker 1: Buddha or Hindu church. And you know. sanctuary in America?
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 1: That was wrong. And so what I'm hearing from people, especially,
Speaker 1: you know, with somebody like Abdul El-Sayed, you know, joining
Speaker 1: forces with Hassan Piker, you know, well, you know, we
Speaker 1: deserve 9-11. That's on us. Israelis deserve the Hamas attack,
Speaker 1: you know. Basically, essentially say the kids deserve to be
Speaker 1: raped and beheaded. if you're associated with him, even if
Speaker 1: Abdul El-Sayed goes, no, no, no, no, no, I'm not,
Speaker 1: I'm not, I don't like what he says. Abdul El-Sayed
Speaker 1: is kind of saying some of his own stuff. Now,
Speaker 1: I would never fear you elect somebody of any faith
Speaker 1: that that's going to hurt other people's faiths. But if
Speaker 1: this is what he believes, well, there is a level
Speaker 1: of justification then how aggressive and how judicious is he
Speaker 1: going to be with threats, in terms of criminal prosecution?
Speaker 1: And I get that he might be trying to appeal
Speaker 1: to his base, who wants anti-Israel rhetoric. And look, We
Speaker 1: can't even begin to comprehend the conflict of Hezbollah and
Speaker 1: Hamas attacking Israel. Israel's not at war with Lebanon. Years ago,
Speaker 1: there was war. But the Lebanese government, they don't want
Speaker 1: to go to war with Israel. Israel doesn't want to
Speaker 1: go to war with Lebanon. But if Lebanon's housing Hezbollah
Speaker 1: and Hezbollah is doing what they're doing, there's going to
Speaker 1: be attacks. And IDF is going to defend. And they're
Speaker 1: going to try to take out terrorists. We can't even
Speaker 1: comprehend what's going on there, but it should never affect
Speaker 1: our ability to worship. Imagine somebody going after a mosque
Speaker 1: after what Hamas did to Israelis, Americans, children. No one did.
Speaker 1: No one went and tried to blow up or shoot
Speaker 1: or drive a car through a mosque. And if somebody did,
Speaker 1: everybody in America, including Jews, would condemn that. Saying, why
Speaker 1: are you going after innocent people? Go after Hamas. But
Speaker 1: if your candidates, I mean, Abdul El-Sayed is not helping
Speaker 1: the problem. I do not want to see Islamophobia. I
Speaker 1: don't want to see anti-Semitism. I don't want to see racism.
Speaker 1: I don't want to see homophobia. I don't see any
Speaker 1: of that. But if you are going to be, well,
Speaker 1: you know, Israel, let's bring back Israel. How are you
Speaker 1: running for public office in America? It should be a
Speaker 1: no-brainer that whatever happens in other countries should not affect
Speaker 1: how we treat our citizens. Now, we might have to
Speaker 1: do protections after seeing what Hamas did. Yeah, we might
Speaker 1: need to beef up protections because there's some really horrific
Speaker 1: anti-Semitism out there. And if there is Islamophobia, we want
Speaker 1: to protect our mosques. There was a shooting at a mosque.
Speaker 1: But but in was it Australia? But we're not. What
Speaker 1: he has said and what he has, you know, kind
Speaker 1: of tried to justify wrong. One eight seven seven, Dr.
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Speaker 1: like and subscribe. So we have a tropical storm Dolly.
Speaker 1: We knew Dolly when we were going through the different
Speaker 1: hurricane names. We knew Dolly could be a real humdinger, hey? Now,
Speaker 1: my nickname was Dolly in school. I love the name Dolly.
Speaker 1: I do. I miss Dolly Parton. But Tropical Storm Dolly
Speaker 1: has erupted in the Atlantic Ocean. Early forecasters are saying
Speaker 1: it is going to probably be a hit. Not a
Speaker 1: hit in terms of like music hit, a hit in
Speaker 1: terms of hitting the United States. National Hurricane Center announced
Speaker 1: that Dolly had quickly developed into a tropical storm early
Speaker 1: this morning. It jumped past the first stage of cyclone
Speaker 1: development known as Tropical Depression and That's after you hit
Speaker 1: 40 mile per hour winds. Once it hits 74 mile
Speaker 1: per hour winds, it's a hurricane. Early spaghetti models, which
Speaker 1: track all possible paths, are showing a very strong likelihood
Speaker 1: that it's going to barrel towards Puerto Rico and the
Speaker 1: Dominican Republic. From there, multiple tracks predict the storm is
Speaker 1: going to hit Cuba, Bahamas, and then the coast of Florida. Now,
Speaker 1: one model is showing it could veer north, but it
Speaker 1: could still possibly hit the Carolinas. NHS officials, according to
Speaker 1: Daily Mail, have noted that Dali may be a short-lived
Speaker 1: tropical storm, which encounters strong wind shear in the Atlantic,
Speaker 1: which could prevent it from becoming a hurricane and dissipate it.
Speaker 1: You almost need a slowing down, allowing it to hover
Speaker 1: and gain strength. But AccuWeather forecasters warn that there is
Speaker 1: a path for the cyclone to make it through the
Speaker 1: chaotic Atlantic air and then grow into a bigger storm
Speaker 1: closer to the eastern United States, especially if it gets
Speaker 1: to the Caribbean. So we're watching this. Lead AccuWeather hurricane
Speaker 1: expert Alex DeSilva said in a statement, if Dali can
Speaker 1: survive the dry air, wind shear and land interaction near
Speaker 1: the islands, the environment does become more conducive for development
Speaker 1: and strengthening off the southeast coast mid to late next week. Now,
Speaker 1: heavy rainfall is going to impact the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,
Speaker 1: and Hispaniola this weekend. Puerto Rico is currently ranked as
Speaker 1: having the highest risk for tropical rain and severe wind
Speaker 1: from August 27th to September 9th. And sadly, with Hurricane
Speaker 1: Maria and previous hurricanes, these tropical storms are battering places
Speaker 1: that still don't have recouped from previous storms.
Speaker 3: So....
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people are like, well, they're
Speaker 1: naming this Dolly because Dolly Parton had just passed. No,
Speaker 1: Tropical Storm Dolly was the next one in line. Dolly
Speaker 1: was already a name that was planned years ago. So
Speaker 1: the names for Tropical Storms, they're already set up through 2031. So, uh, um, hopefully, um, this,
Speaker 1: you know, is able to dissipate. Um, it really depends
Speaker 1: on the track it takes. Um, you know, L the
Speaker 1: El Nino year, um, forms when the surface temperature from
Speaker 1: the Pacific Ocean becomes warmer than its historical average. Super
Speaker 1: El Nino means those temperatures rise by more than 3.6 degrees.
Speaker 1: This flips weather patterns worldwide. So we see more hurricanes
Speaker 1: in the Pacific where El Nino happens. But then in
Speaker 1: the Atlantic, it usually slows down. And the wind shear
Speaker 1: and drier air almost prevents the storm. So we want
Speaker 1: El Nino years for our Atlantic hurricane season. We don't
Speaker 1: want it for the Pacific, which is why we were
Speaker 1: kind of getting nervous seeing what was going to happen
Speaker 1: to Hawaii. But we don't get really hit that much
Speaker 1: with the Pacific storms. So El Nino, many forecasters are like, okay, good.
Speaker 1: We're good. We're in an El Nino year. But there
Speaker 1: could be other issues with that. Dali is the fourth
Speaker 1: named Atlantic storm to develop this year. Hurricane season goes
Speaker 1: roughly from June to November, although some tropical storm activity
Speaker 1: sometimes happens in May, which makes them think that they
Speaker 1: might need to lengthen the hurricane season starting mid-May. But
Speaker 1: the peak of hurricane season is August, September. And here
Speaker 1: we are, end of August going into September. This is
Speaker 1: usually when we start to see stuff that can affect America.
Speaker 1: So we'll keep you posted. The last tropical storm before
Speaker 1: Dali was Cristobal. As you know, they go by letters,
Speaker 1: alphabetical order, and then they alternate between men and women.
Speaker 1: So Cristobal and then Dali or male, female names. Although
Speaker 1: they're probably going to be doing away with that now
Speaker 1: that we don't say that, you know, a name is
Speaker 1: feminine or a name is masculine. So long range forecasters
Speaker 1: have downgraded their predictions. We were told that there was
Speaker 1: going to be 11 to 16 hurricanes expected or large storms. Now,
Speaker 1: AccuWeather has dropped it from 8 to 14.
Speaker 2: So good.
Speaker 1: However, four to seven of these storms could reach hurricane strength.
Speaker 1: Three to five named storms will make landfall in the
Speaker 1: United States, according to AccuWeather. Well, that's huge. So we
Speaker 1: do hope that El Nino weakens it, but there is still, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: a lot of risk. For those of you who do
Speaker 1: live in affected areas, this is always the best time
Speaker 1: to prepare. Now, going to the store when all the
Speaker 1: water and supplies are gone or trying to board up,
Speaker 1: make sure you have everything you need now. And, you know,
Speaker 1: because you just don't know. 1877, Dr. Ali, 1877, D-O-C-D-A-L-I.
Speaker 1: So COVID is surging. And the dominant strain is the
Speaker 1: XFG stratus. I know a lot of people don't even
Speaker 1: want to hear about COVID. They don't care about it.
Speaker 1: But I got to tell you, I got it end
Speaker 1: of July. I'm still coughing. COVID sucks. But this is
Speaker 1: what I've seen. So when I had some early patients
Speaker 1: with COVID-19, or when the strain started early. I had
Speaker 1: called in a pharmacy, and usually the pharmacists are awesome,
Speaker 1: but one pharmacist on the phone, she's like, really? You're
Speaker 1: calling in Paxlovid for COVID's back? Yes, COVID is surging. Well,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen anything. Can you please fill the prescription?
Speaker 1: Thank you for the commentary. I do appreciate your opinion,
Speaker 1: but I'm telling you COVID's coming and we have patients
Speaker 1: with it. Well, did your patient test positive? Yes, they did.
Speaker 1: That's why I'm calling in the prescription. Can you please
Speaker 1: just fill the prescription? I'm like, what the hell's going
Speaker 1: on here? I mean, are people now thinking doctors are
Speaker 1: just so obtuse that now they just have to question everything?
Speaker 1: I get the pharmacies got hit really hard with the
Speaker 1: narcotic overdosing, which I blame on cartels in China bringing
Speaker 1: in fentanyl. I blame the overdose deaths to that. But
Speaker 1: the pharmacies got in trouble if they filled some of
Speaker 1: these pill mill prescriptions. And I get how they're ticked
Speaker 1: off at the doctors because they were just filling the prescriptions.
Speaker 1: And I defended pharmacies on that one. Because you tell
Speaker 1: a doctor you don't want to fill the prescription, that's
Speaker 1: a problem. I only had one issue with the pharmacist.
Speaker 1: I'm not even going to count this one, this woman
Speaker 1: questioning me, you know, as it pertained to COVID. And,
Speaker 1: you know, I hope she's reading the news. Duh. But
Speaker 1: the only issue I had is I wanted to change
Speaker 1: a medication of my patient for diabetes because I didn't
Speaker 1: like their kidney status. And the pharmacist talked him out
Speaker 1: of it. And the patient comes in for a follow-up
Speaker 1: and their labs are not good. And I go, I
Speaker 1: can't believe this. So the medication isn't working. They go,
Speaker 1: what medication? The one I switched you to last time.
Speaker 1: And they said, oh, the pharmacist told me not to.
Speaker 7: Why?
Speaker 1: Well, they said it was cheaper. It was the metformin.
Speaker 1: And just take more of it. I go, you have
Speaker 1: worsening kidney disease. Who was this pharmacist? So I called
Speaker 1: the pharmacist up. I go, I took the patient off
Speaker 1: that medication because of his EGFR, his glomerular filtration rate.
Speaker 1: It's getting worse. Why would you tell my patient to
Speaker 1: take more? Oh, I don't remember doing that. Oh, I
Speaker 1: was mad. And I knew he did it because the
Speaker 1: patient told me the name and the way she described
Speaker 1: what he said. I was just blown away. Because I've
Speaker 1: never had an issue. Pharmacists are amazing. Pharmacists are your
Speaker 1: best friends. That guy was weird. But going back to COVID,
Speaker 1: I think the pharmacists are now convinced that COVID is there.
Speaker 1: I think, not sure what happened with that woman. It
Speaker 1: was like, really? But they're increasing nationwide. Positive test rates
Speaker 1: climbing since June. Experts estimate that 10 to 15% of
Speaker 1: Americans could be affected by this latest wave. They say
Speaker 1: the updated COVID vaccines are supposed to strengthen protection. I'll
Speaker 1: leave that up to you and your doctor if you
Speaker 1: want to get the vaccine. Never should be mandated. Should
Speaker 1: be personal choice. Touch your medical provider. But the dominant
Speaker 1: strain is an offshoot of the variant known as the
Speaker 1: XFG or the Stratus. It was first detected back in
Speaker 1: January 2025. So we're seeing the cough, horrible headache, horrible
Speaker 1: sinus pain. body aches, fever, but we're seeing a lot
Speaker 1: more GI issues. We're seeing a lot of nausea, vomiting,
Speaker 1: and diarrhea. This is confusing people because they're taking cyclospora
Speaker 1: and they're doing cultures to look for cyclospora with that
Speaker 1: outbreak and E. coli and their cultures are coming back negative,
Speaker 1: but their at-home COVID test is negative. Keep in mind,
Speaker 1: their at-home COVID test might not pick up the strain.
Speaker 1: So if you're having GI symptoms and you're negative for
Speaker 1: some of these foodborne illnesses, get COVID rechecked. I think
Speaker 1: every state but two is showing positive tests and spikes.
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Speaker 1: So this is interesting. The polls are kind of confusing people.
Speaker 1: And I really don't like polls. I really don't like politics,
Speaker 1: which is why I'm not going into politics.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 1: I'm fine with radio. Radio media is enough drama for me.
Speaker 1: I'm fine doing my media career. Thank you. And as
Speaker 1: well as medicine. A lot of drama there. But a
Speaker 1: lot of confusing numbers coming out. Where you're hearing Republicans
Speaker 1: may be able to hold on to a lot of
Speaker 1: the control they have in Congress. Whereas you're seeing others
Speaker 1: saying they're losing. Democrats are going to control the House.
Speaker 1: Maybe control the Senate. And when you're looking at the polls,
Speaker 1: the numbers keep changing. And then you have the DSA.
Speaker 1: And it's kind of a chaotic time. But I like
Speaker 1: to just talk to people. And I do. I talk
Speaker 1: to people at the grocery store. I talk to people
Speaker 1: at the airport because I'm at the airport all the time.
Speaker 1: I talk to students. I talk to a lot of people.
Speaker 1: And by no means is that scientifically, statistically significant in
Speaker 1: terms of the data. But I'm seeing some trends. On
Speaker 1: one end, you have people say, Trump's ruining the economy.
Speaker 1: Gas prices are up. What's going on in Iran? I
Speaker 1: still can't afford a home. It sucks. I'm not voting
Speaker 1: for Trump. You have other people going, still the same.
Speaker 1: No change since Biden. So they aren't blaming Trump. They're
Speaker 1: just saying, maybe for them, well, it's others. You know,
Speaker 1: they don't blame Trump. They blame still COVID because things
Speaker 1: really were screwed up. It's only been a year and
Speaker 1: a half since Biden left. So not really enough time
Speaker 1: to fix that. And so they're like, you know, they're mad.
Speaker 1: I saw somebody post crypto's up. Yay, Trump. OK, you
Speaker 1: got a lot of people who invested in crypto. They
Speaker 1: didn't like crypto crashing. They want a pro crypto president.
Speaker 1: You got other people really, really happy with their 401ks.
Speaker 1: So whoever, and I said this before, during the Biden election,
Speaker 1: during the midterms, it's who is benefiting and who's not.
Speaker 1: If somebody is really worried about their crypto, and that's
Speaker 1: a priority for them, and crypto is starting to rise,
Speaker 1: they're going to be happy. If somebody's really worried about
Speaker 1: gas prices... which sucked during Biden, still suck now during Trump.
Speaker 1: Gas prices are ridiculous. They went down. They went down considerably.
Speaker 1: But I understand what's going on with Iran. I get
Speaker 1: the conflict. But some people are just obviously very frustrated
Speaker 1: with that. They're not going to be happy. Housing has
Speaker 1: gone down. In fact, Vegas, in Las Vegas, I think
Speaker 1: housing prices are starting to drop. It's about time. So
Speaker 1: housing costs are going down. So for those individuals who
Speaker 1: are like, look, I really need to get into a house,
Speaker 1: they might be happy. For those saying, I still can't
Speaker 1: afford a house. I need housing prices to go down
Speaker 1: to the 200s. They're not going to be happy. And so,
Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting. I love political strategy. I don't
Speaker 1: want to be in politics, but I love advising Democrats
Speaker 1: and Republicans on their campaigns. And one thing I would maybe...
Speaker 1: to Trump and his team is you got a lot
Speaker 1: of young people that went into the crypto market and
Speaker 1: you don't have a lot of the younger people necessarily
Speaker 1: in the 401k. Those are your older individuals and those
Speaker 1: are going up nicely. But if you kind of want
Speaker 1: to get to those younger people, get the gas prices down,
Speaker 1: try to get the housing prices still down. They're coming down,
Speaker 1: but not fast enough, but get crypto up. Now, am
Speaker 1: I a fan of crypto? No. I only have a
Speaker 1: little bit of it. I can't see it because I
Speaker 1: bought a. 00000027149 sliver of one Bitcoin. I don't know
Speaker 1: when it comes to me in the mail. I don't
Speaker 1: even know if I'll see it if it does. And
Speaker 1: what the postage would cost on that. But your younger individuals...
Speaker 1: did invest. Many of them did get somehow in. A
Speaker 1: lot of people don't have jobs that are doing 401ks
Speaker 1: for them, not the younger generation. The Xs and boomers, yes,
Speaker 1: and the millennials. And seeing their 401ks going up is huge.
Speaker 1: But based on the polls, still not enough from an
Speaker 1: economy standpoint. Get the crypto up. That's what the Trump
Speaker 1: administration needs to do. Democrats, what do they need to do? Well,
Speaker 1: What the Democrats need to do is be very, very
Speaker 1: careful not to reiterate the talking points that Biden made.
Speaker 1: Things sucked economically during the Biden years. So they got
Speaker 1: to be very, very careful because they don't want to
Speaker 1: sound like Biden again. They also don't want to sound
Speaker 1: like a socialist or communist. They got to be very,
Speaker 1: very careful with that. OK, because the Democrats hurt themselves
Speaker 1: by saying, Our commander in chief is physically fit and
Speaker 1: fit as a fiddle. He could still do the job.
Speaker 1: He could run for another term. And people are like, OK,
Speaker 1: wait a second here. Really? Even George Clooney, he didn't
Speaker 1: want to look stupid anymore. So they have to be very,
Speaker 1: very careful with their messaging. And they also give us how.
Speaker 1: You're going to get the housing prices cheaper. None of
Speaker 1: these talking points of we're going to give everybody free
Speaker 1: child care. We're going to give because Trump gave a
Speaker 1: lot of people tax breaks. They got extra money with
Speaker 1: their taxes. It was great. But if it's spent already,
Speaker 1: they're going to forget about it with the midterms. So saying, well,
Speaker 1: we're going to do this and we're going to do,
Speaker 1: you know, are you really going to do the free
Speaker 1: child care? And then, you know, what how what does
Speaker 1: that mean? You're giving everybody an extra few grand to spend,
Speaker 1: you know, give grandma or are you actually going to
Speaker 1: have facilities? How are you doing that? Are you going
Speaker 1: to do something similar to the Trump accounts? A lot
Speaker 1: of parents like that. Are you going to extend those
Speaker 1: or are you going to reverse it? What are you
Speaker 1: going to do? And don't just give, because Obama gave
Speaker 1: checks out. That was really, really cool, but people forgot
Speaker 1: about it. You forget about the money. You can't just
Speaker 1: give the money. Retirement accounts, these Trump accounts, pretty smart.
Speaker 1: Are Democrats going to do something like that? You know, now,
Speaker 1: how do you get the gas prices down? Well, letting
Speaker 1: Iran rebuild, we're going to just kick the can down
Speaker 1: the road. We got to deal with Iran. We got
Speaker 1: to make sure that regime leaves and the Iranian people
Speaker 1: are free and get to hopefully make a democratic government.
Speaker 1: I don't know when that's happening. This is going to
Speaker 1: be a long, painful, looks like, you know, much longer
Speaker 1: than anybody wants. But gas prices are starting to drop.
Speaker 1: But how are you going to do that? All right.
Speaker 1: If you just say we're going to leave Iran alone.
Speaker 1: that's not going to win over voters. OK, people have
Speaker 1: already seen now what Iran does. They're they're disgusting. Not
Speaker 1: to mention they are feeding Hezbollah, Hamas, Russia, Iran. If
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Speaker 1: And we're back on the Dr. Dolly Show, 1-877-Doctor Dolly, 1-877-D-O-C-D-A-L-L-Y. Well,
Speaker 1: after I got my butt kicked this summer with COVID,
Speaker 1: I went in and got my shingles vaccine and my
Speaker 1: pneumonia vaccine. I went to Walgreens. They made it really,
Speaker 1: really easy. I made the appointment online. They know me,
Speaker 1: you know, by name. And they're like, hi, good. You know,
Speaker 1: I make it really easy for them because I wear
Speaker 1: like an off shoulder shirt. Got it done painless. And
Speaker 1: I have been going to Walgreens for all my all
Speaker 1: my vaccines. And of course, they are now rolling out
Speaker 1: getting us ready for flu season. So as we're gearing up,
Speaker 1: we are going to be talking with, again, who's back
Speaker 1: on the show, Samantha Picking, pharmacist and senior director of
Speaker 1: immunizations at Walgreens, about why now is the ideal time
Speaker 1: to make flu prevention a priority, particularly for older adults
Speaker 1: who remain among the most vulnerable to severe flu-related complications
Speaker 1: and hospitalization. So pretty life-saving information. PharmD, Samantha Picking, doctor,
Speaker 1: I really, really appreciate you being on the show. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much.
Speaker 3: Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1: So this flu season is going to be interesting. What
Speaker 1: concerns are you having about this flu season?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it will probably be interesting. Now, we know last
Speaker 3: year's flu season, it hit us hard. Flu cases rose
Speaker 3: sharply in December. They peaked earlier than expected. And that
Speaker 3: reminds us that the real danger isn't just how bad
Speaker 3: the season gets, but also how quickly flu can spread
Speaker 3: through your community if people are not protected. So what's
Speaker 3: concerning is According to the CDC, fewer people are getting
Speaker 3: vaccinated each year, leading us more vulnerable to the spread
Speaker 3: of these highly contagious illnesses like the flu. We've also
Speaker 3: seen many patients waiting to get their flu shot. So
Speaker 3: whether it's later in the season, maybe they're starting to
Speaker 3: feel more at risk, it's cold now, or they're hearing
Speaker 3: people are getting sick. And that's instead of getting protected
Speaker 3: before the virus is actually circulating. So what's important to
Speaker 3: remember is that vaccines remain a safe and effective way
Speaker 3: to prevent the spread of these highly contagious illnesses like
Speaker 3: the flu. And then because it does take about two
Speaker 3: weeks for your body to build protection from the flu shot,
Speaker 3: it's important to get vaccinated early. And it's one of
Speaker 3: the best ways to prepare for the season ahead.
Speaker 1: Absolutely.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: My concern with this coming flu season is because this
Speaker 1: COVID wave is hitting us. COVID competes with flu. And
Speaker 1: the fact that we're having our big wave now is
Speaker 1: suggesting it's going to subside and then flu gets to
Speaker 1: take advantage of COVID subsiding. So I'm anticipating a more
Speaker 1: severe flu season. And you bring up also a very
Speaker 1: good point about Some people waiting. One myth that people
Speaker 1: have is that their flu shot is going to or
Speaker 1: concern they have, I should say, that their flu shot
Speaker 1: is going to wane. We can always booster the flu shot.
Speaker 1: So I wouldn't wait to think, OK, I just want
Speaker 1: the one and I'll make sure I wait till peak.
Speaker 1: You really want to get it early. And then if
Speaker 1: at all there's any concern, we could always booster it or,
Speaker 1: you know, use the adjuvant. Is that correct?
Speaker 3: Yeah, what's most important to remember, especially around timing. So
Speaker 3: we're about to hit the best timing to get a
Speaker 3: flu shot to ensure protection through the full season. So
Speaker 3: that's September through October is the best time to get
Speaker 3: your flu shot. And that helps you build up immunity
Speaker 3: ahead of peak season, but also maintain immunity through the
Speaker 3: worst of flu season. And then as you mentioned, flu
Speaker 3: vaccines are recommended for everyone six months and older every year.
Speaker 3: We can administer at Walgreens to anyone ages three and up.
Speaker 3: But then you have people who are 65 and older,
Speaker 3: and they actually have specific vaccines that are formulated for
Speaker 3: them to help boost that immune response, as you said.
Speaker 3: So they should get a high dose or an adjuvant
Speaker 3: flu vaccine. And the pharmacists have those in stock. They're
Speaker 3: well prepared. And that's what they would administer to anyone
Speaker 3: who's 65 and older or those that are immunocompromised.
Speaker 1: Absolutely. And as I said, they make it very, very simple,
Speaker 1: very easy. You know, older adults are at higher risk.
Speaker 1: Talk to us about their risks.
Speaker 3: It's a great point. So we know respiratory viruses can
Speaker 3: affect anyone, but older adults, infants, and then people with
Speaker 3: serious health conditions or uncertain medications, they face the biggest
Speaker 3: risk of severe illness and hospitalization due to weakened immune system.
Speaker 3: We know the immune system weakens as we age, and
Speaker 3: then when it comes to infants, they still are building
Speaker 3: up their immune system. If we look back during the
Speaker 3: 2024-25 flu season, 71% of seasonal flu-related deaths and 57%
Speaker 3: of flu-related hospitalizations occurred in people ages 65 and older,
Speaker 3: according to the CDC. So that's why protecting this group
Speaker 3: matters so much. And then the good news is we
Speaker 3: know that the flu shot really does help. So it
Speaker 3: can prevent you from catching the flu, but if you
Speaker 3: do get sick, it can also make your symptoms less
Speaker 3: severe and reduce your risk of ending up in the hospital.
Speaker 3: So generally, as I mentioned, now is the time, September
Speaker 3: through October, where your body needs to get the flu
Speaker 3: shot to allow it to build immunity before the flu
Speaker 3: season really ramps up.
Speaker 1: Absolutely. And what makes flu very, very dangerous. what are
Speaker 1: some of the things that put people in the hospital
Speaker 1: is heart disease, stroke, but pneumonia. Pneumonia is a biggie.
Speaker 1: So talk to us about what people should be thinking
Speaker 1: about in terms of other vaccines as we're going into
Speaker 1: this fall and winter season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we want to keep in mind flu isn't the
Speaker 3: only illness we're circulating throughout the fall and winter. You
Speaker 3: also can consider other respiratory viruses or vaccines that can
Speaker 3: get ahead of the season for you. So adults 75
Speaker 3: and older or those 50 and older with chronic health conditions,
Speaker 3: they should consider an RSV vaccine. It's also important to
Speaker 3: stay up to date on other seasonal and routine. And
Speaker 3: as you mentioned, COVID-19. pneumococcal, shingles vaccines. And what's great
Speaker 3: is if you have questions or not sure about what
Speaker 3: vaccines you may need, your local Walgreens pharmacist can help
Speaker 3: you with that. They can assess if you're due for
Speaker 3: more than one, and then you can get multiple recommended
Speaker 3: vaccines in a single visit. So it's completely safe to
Speaker 3: do so, and getting it all at once is really
Speaker 3: the smartest and most convenient way to get protection as
Speaker 3: fast as possible and then also just to get it
Speaker 3: all done in one visit.
Speaker 1: Exactly. And, you know, they handled my insurance and everything
Speaker 1: for me. And you're right. They were the ones, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm pretending I'm 29. And the pharmacist is like, are
Speaker 1: you getting your pneumonia vaccine today, too? I was like, no. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're right. So they did. They were there. It was
Speaker 1: it was them reminding me. And I'm so, so grateful.
Speaker 1: So talk to us about where people can go to
Speaker 1: get vaccinated and where they could get their questions answered.
Speaker 3: Yeah, for someone who needs a vaccination, they can walk
Speaker 3: in anytime to their local Walgreens. You can speak directly
Speaker 3: with the pharmacist. If you want to plan ahead, you
Speaker 3: can also schedule an appointment on Walgreens.com, in our app,
Speaker 3: or by texting FLU to 66879. So remember, your local
Speaker 3: Walgreens pharmacist is a trusted health care provider. They can
Speaker 3: help you answer any questions, concerns, or assess your vaccination needs.
Speaker 3: And then Walgreens.com, you can also schedule an appointment or
Speaker 3: find more information.
Speaker 1: Plus, I have to say we had some Walgreens rewards.
Speaker 1: So I had my husband pick up some Halloween candy. Now,
Speaker 1: I already ate it all. But that's also an added bonus.
Speaker 1: On my way out, I was able to get some
Speaker 1: Halloween candy. And we got the reward. So that was good. Awesome.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 1: One more time. Oh, go ahead.
Speaker 3: Go ahead. No, I was going to say that's exactly it.
Speaker 3: You can get a reward when you do get vaccinated.
Speaker 3: So you can get $ 15 Walgreens cash when you spend
Speaker 3: $ 5 on your next eligible purchase. and then 10% back
Speaker 3: in Walgreens cash on eligible purchases for the next 30 days.
Speaker 3: So when you stock up on that Halloween candy, you
Speaker 3: can still get an additional 10% back and build that up.
Speaker 1: That's huge. And also another segment I'm going to be
Speaker 1: doing is for those individuals who during cough and cold
Speaker 1: season go, gosh, I can't find my Mucinex. I can't find.
Speaker 1: You might want to consider, you know, if there are
Speaker 1: your go to's for fall and winter, consider picking that
Speaker 1: up when you go and get your flu shot. This
Speaker 1: way you have it while everyone's pretty well stocked. So awesome. Awesome.
Speaker 1: Let my listeners know where can they go for more information?
Speaker 3: For more information, head to your local Walgreens and back
Speaker 3: to the pharmacy to ask questions, or you can go
Speaker 3: to walgreens.com or our app, schedule an appointment, or find
Speaker 3: more information on vaccines.
Speaker 1: Samantha, picking you are awesome. So glad to have you back,
Speaker 1: and I can't wait to have you back. Thank you,
Speaker 1: and have a safe flu season.
Speaker 3: Thanks for having me back. Have a good one.
Speaker 1: You too. 1-877-DOC-DALI, 1-877-D-O-C-D-A-L-I. So, you know, people always ask about,
Speaker 1: you know, the vaccine effectiveness and the numbers. And as
Speaker 1: I've said before, when you hear a number, let's say 55,
Speaker 1: you know, or 40, on a very, very good year,
Speaker 1: the flu vaccine is effective up to about, you know,
Speaker 1: 60-some percent. Even if it's less than that, it still
Speaker 1: provides protection. So I'm a fan. Don't go away, guys.
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