elizabeth cohen explains why experts say now is the time to get your flu shot. >> boris and amara, the united states is off to a very early flu season. in fact, when you look at the data, what scientists are seeing is the flu season has not been this bad, this early in more than ten years. let's look at some numbers for flu hospitalizations. if you look back at flu hospitalization data, by october 22nd, if you look at this year, for every 1 million people in the u.s., 15 have been in the hospital with the flu. so 1 million people, 15 hospitalizations for the flu. if you look back at 2019, though, by around october 22nd, for every 1 million people, there were only four flu hospitalizations. that makes it even more important to get the flu shot and get them now. you may have heard the phrase flu by boo, that means flu shot