Get a flu shot

    WGBH radio has a daily talk show with the uncreative name "Boston Public Radio."  I only listen to bits of it.  Today Juliette Kayyem was being interviewed about all the Secret Service screw-ups.  They chatted for quite a while, and then it was the end of her segment.  She asked to make one last statement to the listening audience.  It was "Get a flu shot."  The hosts were confused about the connection.  She said that things are falling apart all over (might not have phrased it that way), and we really don't need a flu epidemic on top of it.  The next guest was medical ethicist Art Caplan, talking about Ebola, mostly.  At the end of his segment, he said "Get a flu shot."  In this case, it's because Ebola often begins with  flu-like symptoms, so if lots of people get the flu, the amount of Ebola panic would increase.
     I got mine last week.