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You know that feeling when you're checking out at the store and everyone behind you is giving you the stink eye?? Not a great feeling! You know what else doesn't feel great? The flu. Mel shares about influenza and busts some myths about the flu vaccine. And, after a long hard look at Piaget's stages of development, Miranda wraps up with the final shebang, the formal operational stage.


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Sources:

Mel-

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/keyfacts.htm

https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Epidemiology-and-Emerging-Infections/Pandemic-Flu-Facts 

https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-influenza-vaccination

https://www.nfid.org/resource/2023-national-survey-attitudes-about-influenza-covid-19-respiratory-syncytial-virus-and-pneumococcal-disease/ 


Miranda-

https://www.britannica.com/science/formal-operational-stage

https://www.simplypsychology.org/formal-operational.html


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