by halloween. once you get it. the antibodies don't kick in for two weeks. you're getting it now. it takes a little while to have it get its full effect. if you look at the 2020 season, nearly 500 children died of the flu. i have met parents who lost children to the flu. it was shocking. it happened very quickly. it really is horrific. for adults, 25,000 adults died during the 2020 season. it increases the chance you're going to end up getting really, really sick. let's take a look at what the flu shot can do. if we look at that same flu season, 2019-'20, the flu vaccine preep vented 3,600 people in the u.s. from dying, prevented more than 100,000 hospitalizations and 7.5 million