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February. but it tends to go from october to may. so really december, january, february, this is usually when we see the height of cases. of course it being so cold outside doesn't help anyone for a number of reasons. but when it comes to flu spread, this is where the prevention needs to come into play. washing our hands, making sure we're staying home if we're sick and things like that. >> neil: you know, i have teenage sons, doctor. they're loathed to put on a coat when they step outside. they figure they're not going to be outside long. so they dart into a friend's house. no coat. and i jus...

Against the possibility they might need a pandemic vaccine. this is very unlikely because this kind of a bird flu we're talking about doesn't typically cause pandemics. usually h1s, h2s. this is h7n9. what does that mean. h is the protein on the surface of the flu we use to identify it that helps the flu spread. this is a bird flu. before it can spread easily from human to time, it would have to change. even though it has been found in 14 humans and killed six in china it is not spreading from human-to-human. and that is very good thing. even if it were to do that, how easily, how many humans ...