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dr. natalie azar. it may be warmer today, but winter is not over yet. we have ideas to get you through the long nights. good morning, good morning, hello, my name is patricia rodriguez. good morning governor, counsel, and jim allen. good morning everyone. i think it's still the most important thing we can do for any family in this state is to create an opportunity for them to get a job. i'm a single mother of three. i've been working for the seminole tribe for fifteen years now. this company has given me the opportunity to provide for my children. how does it make you feel when you worry about whether this compact gets signed? if the compact isn't signed, then it does affect me tremendously because i would be out of a job. a month ago my sister passed away. she have children? how many? five. so are you taking care of them? yes. this compact not being signed would affect me and many people that have grown with me at this company. if would affect them immensely. jobs for florida. >>> coming up, how this chicken dish could help you live longer. >> after th

dr. natalie azar. >> people what was gotten the flu who got the flu shot. >> flu shot effectiveness is up to 59%. >> what is it normally. >> that's good. ususlly 50% to 60%. we don't geto 100%. this year's flu vaccine, the strains that are covered are covering the predominant strain that's circulating right now. >> they got it right. >> they got it right this year. >> you should still get your flu shot now. >> absolutely. still get it. >> we're just getting to sort of the thick of it right now and flu season lasts until may. >> two weeks to inoculate. >> how do we know we have the flu or something else. >> fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, fatigue a couple of the symptomsn how do you distinguish between flu and common cold. has to do with the severity of the symptoms. with flu yououe knocked out. you're exhausted. usually comes on quickly. you're really sick for two to three days. one thing to mention, if you improve from the flu and then a couple of days later you get sick again worry about a secondary pneumonia. that's something to remind people of. >> wha do you? are you supposed

dr. natalie azar. hi, ladies. >> hi. can you believe this has caused such a firestorm? >> i cannot. >> this is your big day, baby. >> so one of the things you write about is the toilet seat covers. you see those in the airports and things. should you or should you not use? >> you absolutely do not need to use these. if it makes you feel better, go for it. but in reality, you won't pick up or pass germs through the toilet. >> dr. azar, what's the verdict? >> i totally agree. couple things we were talking about. urine on the seat, it's sterile. you won't get anything. >> but if it's somebody else's -- >> exactly. but here's the thing. you're sitting on the toilet, you have a skin. your skin is your best barrier supposed to sit. >> i sit. >> we're supposed to hover. >> if you want a thigh workout. >> nobody hovers that long. they say they do, but it's hard work. >> you got to think about how many germs are spread by touching your own face. >> unless somebody sneezes on the toilet seat, no need for that. >> should you wash your hands after using the restroom. >> i shouldn't

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dr. natalie azar who have more. >> dr. azar has more. let's talk about the dallas case. a lot of people who weren't paying attention to zika perced up. cdc confirms it was a man or woman, we don't know. >> yes. >> it was transmitted from someone sexually who visited one of these countries who received zika. what does that tell you? >> it gives us more evidence about a suspicion that we've had. there are already documented cases in the literature, one in 2008 of a physician who was in senegal who was infected with zika who came back to the u.s. and infected his wife and then more recently in 2013 with the very large outbreak in french polynesia, there was a tahitian man whose semen and urine tested positive for zika. the idea that it can be transfusion or sexual contact is not necessarily new, ground breaking, or surprising, but as i stated earlier this morning, it's certainly unfortunate and unwelcome news because this now is a whole other set of protocols and precautions that we need to talk about in light of this outbreak. >> does this mean, dr. azar, someone coming ba

dr. natalie azar is an nbc news medical contributor. good morning. when i read this headline, it jumped off the page. the notion that it could be sexually transmitted. first of all, is that certain or is it just a suspicion that it might be? what does it mean for the spread of the virus? >> they are fairly certain that that's the case. they haven't told us the sex of the people yet. they haven't fully confirmed, let's say, that there wasn't another mosquito. listen, the contact of a person who had traveled from venezuela who contracted the zika virus. and without any evidence of a mosquito bite. >> what worries me about that is you've told us in the past that many of the people who have the virus are asymptomatic. >> yes. >> how do you go about sexual contact -- obviously, condoms are one idea -- but if you don't know the person or you have the virus. >> that's where we are now. the cdc made it very, very clear that their charge in the upcoming days is to give the guidance now to the american people about what they should be doing. in particular, sex