estimates that this year, seasonal flu vaccine is 62% effective. meaning if you got the shot. you re 62% less likely to have to go to the doctor with flu-like symptoms, megyn. all right, jonathan, thank you. the flu infections way up this season and hospitals are struggling to deal with overflowing emergency rooms. one hospital in pennsylvania even forced to set up a special tent to deal with the influx of sick patients, we showed it to you earlier. dr. earnest patty from st. barnabas here in new york city. thanks for being here. how bad is it. very bad. our volume on a normal busy day, we re seeing well own 300 parents a day, due to flu and flu-like illness. megyn: is it baby, children, elderly? spanning the gamut. the other day a 26 day old child tested positive for flu
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have you any idea what you put me through? barnabas, get over it! locked in a box for 200 years! don t exaggerate. it was only 196. it was an eternity. i shall have you tried for witchcraft and burned at the stake. amy palmer is here with me to tell us what we must see and must avoid this weekend at the box office. what do you think of this one? i liked it. we re not big tim burton fans. hit or miss usually. yeah. and i really liked this. i thought johnny depp played barnabas so easily. michelle pfeiffer is in the move it s a must-see for the weekend. i love johnny depp. how about this new coming of age comedy girl in progress ?
stampede, two critically. rowdy fans tearing part the goalposts, some jumping off the stands, others trampleed it took police 45 minutes to clear people from the field. the pharmacy chain cvs is taking heat trying to crackdown on prescription drug abuse. the company will no longer fill prescriptions written by certain doctors for widely abused pain drugs. heather: right now that ban applies only to some doctors in the state of florida. could this hurt legitimate patients? joining us dr. patty, senior attending physician of emergency management at st. barnabas in the bronx, new york. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. heather: some people need these pain medications potential for abuse is great. is this the best way to counter that? there s definitely
right now, another miserable morning on the roads of montgomery county. hugebackups more than 24 hours after a computer system failed. a house call at the capitol. a republican congresswoman is asking people to tell lawmakers to say no to health care reform. and angry villagers in afghanistan protest a nato night raid they say killed civilians. the large group chanted anti-american slogans and death to karzai. news4 midday begins right now. good morning. welcome everyone to news4 midday. joe krebs is off. it s thursday, november 5, 2009. we begin this morning with a day of delays for drivers in montgomery county. the problem will likely persist through the evening rush hour. a computer glitch put signals on the fritz. tracee, good morning. reporter: good morning. it was a mess yesterday morning, it was a mess yesterday evening, it was a mess this morning. and we re seeing it continue. here traffic has been backing up down kohlsville. it looks like morning rush a