The outlook for this year's flu season
Multiple-choice exercise
Watch the video and choose the correct answer for each question.
Hurricane Katrina victims are in danger of catching flu because....
- flu shelters in places where people are packed together.
- life in shelters is a good environment for the transmission of flu.
- their environment is ripe this year.
Evacuees from Katrina disaster ......
- will be the first to be vaccinated against flu.
- could be hit by diseases in their shelters.
- are not the only priority to prevent flu.
This year vaccination against flu ......
- will be massive, for all the population.
- will be mainly for high-risk population.
- will respect priorities.
Every year, thousands of people ....
- die because of flu.
- are vaccinated against flu.
- suffering from chronic diseases die of flu.
Which of these people would be in the high-priority group to be vaccinated?
- a healthy young mother who has a baby.
- a 50-year-old nurse.
- a homeless who is slightly overweight.
Last year .......
- many people refused to be vaccinated.
- many vaccines were past the expiry date and had to be thrown away.