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Flu shot with the prevailing strains that are going around the world. it's tough. we need a better flu shot for sure. we need one universal flu vaccine. they're working on it. this is the best we have and it's very useful. >> speaking of the best, some people think the nasal vaccine is better. they say get the nasal, it's more effective. >> i like the nasal. i've interviewed some flu experts around the country to say the same thing. we think it's more effective for the flu shot. for kids it's a good thing. you're less likely to have a reaction. there is a down side. you can't use it in kids wi...

There have been all these reports of hundreds of dead pigs found in the shanghai river around the same time. is there any chance this is related at all to this outbreak? >> well, of course, the authorities say they've tested 34 carcasses of the some 20,000 dead pigs that floated in the wong fu river and those 34 all tested negative. some of the initial genetic analysis of the new h 7 n 9 virus indicates it has mamalian elements in it which is hard to imagine how that could have happened unless the virus passed from birds through the pigs through a mammal species of some sort. the coincidence r...

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