The influenza virus is smart.
It has many strains.
It keeps changing to overcome immunity and it jumps species.
It exists in every country and every year, hundreds of thousands of people die because of seasonal influenza.
How do experts and scientists keep ahead of this virus?
We are talking today to Dr Shoshanna Goldin about how experts and public health scientists keep us safe and protected from this virus.
Vismita, you're right.
The influenza virus is complex and it's always changing.
Our best tool to protect against severe influenza illness and death is the vaccine.
So what this means is that we are always in a race between the influenza virus and keeping our vaccine up to date.
