032 Influenza, the Formal Operational Stage, and Anxiety in the Checkout Line!

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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