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PASS THE BATON
First-place fi nish for track and fi eld team
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Madisson Haynes
Mandy Bartholomew
JMU students fundraise for clean
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The man behind
the pages
Harrisonburg resident
brings books to life for
four decades
By MADISSON HAYNES The Breeze
The walls are lined with dusty paperbacks. The crooked shelves, seemingly exhausted, hold great weight in words. Torn book covers and pages yellowed with age are scattered among the old comics and VHS tapes. The smell of worn paper, coffee and ink lingers through the store as the sun rises, beginning another business day. Each of the hundreds of timeless books has its own distinct place in Downtown Books, and Bob Schurtz knows every one.
Schurtz carefully dusts off the covers of the latest arrivals of gently used books and takes inventory. He fl ips through the pages and pauses — he comes across a line he likes and grins. Schurtz seems satisfi ed with his new piece of merchandise as he carefully slides the new book on the shelf in the romance section.
He knows every title, genre and author of each book in the store, and keeps the information tucked away in his mind. Schurtz has owned Downtown Books in the heart of Harrisonburg since , making the th anniversary of the shop. Schurtz has kept it the same year after year, compiling detailed written records of every book donated or sold in those nearly four decades.
Schurtz is a friendly man with an
aged exterior. His curly hair sits wildly under the hat he wears daily, and flannels and work boots make up his typical apparel. He often sits quietly in a corner, like a gatekeeper to a room full of treasure, hidden by thousands of literary masterpieces.
“Pride and Prejudice,” his favorite book, is tucked away in his pocket — light reading for a slow day. Schurtz fi nds pride in his collection of priceless volumes and has read many of the books in his store — he doesn’t take new books home. He knows he won’t get to reading them all.
“I try not to take them all home and pile them up at home like they’re piled up in here, because it does take time to read them and I’ve got stacks I haven’t read and probably never will get around to reading,” Schurtz said. “Just the excitement of books is the best thing.”
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The walls are lined with dusty paperbacks. The crooked shelves, seemingly exhausted, hold great weight in words. Torn book covers and pages yellowed with age are scattered among the old comics and VHS tapes. The smell of worn paper, coffee and ink lingers through the store as the sun rises, beginning another business day. Each of the hundreds of timeless books has its own distinct place in Downtown Books, and Schurtz carefully dusts off the covers of the latest arrivals of gently used books and takes inventory. He fl ips through the pages and pauses — he comes across a line he likes and grins. Schurtz seems satisfi ed with his new piece of merchandise as he carefully slides the new book on the shelf He knows every title, genre and author of each book in the store, and keeps the information tucked away in his mind. Schurtz has owned Downtown Books in the heart of Harrisonburg since , making the th anniversary of the shop. Schurtz has kept it the same year after year, compiling detailed written records of every book donated or sold in Schurtz is a friendly man with an
aged exterior. His curly hair sits wildly under the hat he wears daily, and flannels and work boots make up his typical apparel. He often sits quietly in a corner, like a gatekeeper to a room full of treasure, hidden by thousands of literary masterpieces.
“Pride and Prejudice,” his favorite book, is tucked away in his pocket — light reading for a slow day. Schurtz fi nds pride in his collection of priceless volumes and has read many of the books in his store — he doesn’t take new books home. He knows he won’t get to reading them all.
“I try not to take them all home and pile them up at home like they’re piled up in here, because it does take time to read them and I’ve got stacks I haven’t read and probably never will get around to reading,” Schurtz said. “Just the excitement of books is the best thing.”
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Schurtz has been running Downtown Books on his own since he fi rst purchased it. He came to Harrisonburg from Northern Virginia with a girl after high school and while exploring the area, Schurtz stumbled upon a small bookstore with a distinct atmosphere. Th e owners of the store were a JMU couple, and as he complimented the store, they jokingly asked if he wanted to buy it.
Four months passed, and Schurtz went back to the store. He took them up on the off er with a simple “OK.” Th us, Downtown Books fell into Schurtz’s calloused hands. “I just puttered around until this happened, and this just sort of happened,” Schurtz said. “I guess I’m lucky in that regard.”
He doesn’t see the task of owning a bookstore as exhausting, though — he enjoys meeting new people and reading the merchandise. Friendly faces often peer through the window, greeting Schurtz early in the morning. Smiles warm the store during cold winter months, especially days when snow blankets the sidewalk outside. Susan Vincent visits Schurtz every Wednesday on her way to work at a publishing company. Th ey’ve known each other for over years, and share belly laughs regularly.
Slyly grinning at Schurtz, Vincent fi xes her windblown hair while thumbing
through stationery and torn novels. “I don’t think I’ve ever met anybody that loves books as much as he does,” Vincent said. “Have you ever seen a bookshop like this one? The walls are closing in with books, the man loves books … It’s a bookshop out of time, it’s kind of in bizarro world, and that’s the reason why I love it.” Schurtz sees the store as his second home. Since the shop
i s o p e n e v e r y d ay but Sunday, Schurtz spends most of his time skimming through thousands of pages, keeping tabs on each item in the shop.
The eclectic variety of books and authors, ranging from Harold Ku s h n e r t o Ja m e s Patterson, sit on the s h e l v e s a n d d r a w customers from all over.
Schurtz has quite a few regulars, but wanderers and tourists visit often.
“After years, people can come back years later and say ‘I’m back’ and I may or may not remember them,” Schurtz said. The first-timers walk through the clouded glass doors and spend hours searching for the perfect fi nd. Th e many who come to Downtown Books find
excitement in -cent VHS tapes and magazines and $ paperbacks.
Vincent isn’t the only friend Schurtz has made during his years of ownership. Lynn Lowe is a Harrisonburg local, and visits Schurtz often.
“It’s always just something new and diff erent and mostly, I’ll be honest, I come in to talk to Bob at this point, but I rarely leave without something even if it’s something free,” Lowe said.
Th e store illustrates a sense of community with the locals, and Vincent even considers Schurtz an older brother. She ran the store when he hurt himself working on his farm a few years ago, so she treats the shop as her own. She believes she’s put in her fair share of work.
“Th ey have a really great comic book sign, which I actually handmade myself many years ago, which is still up there,” Vincent said as she pointed to the dusty window. “It’s magic.”
Schurtz takes pride in the “old school” items he has tucked away in his store. Many come in just to buy out-of-the-blue merchandise.
“Well I can honestly say there’s a lot of stuff in here you wouldn’t fi nd anywhere else, you know, I’ve got so many postcard images and you know, books you wouldn’t fi nd anywhere,” Schurtz said.
The long years of existence don’t deter Schurtz in the slightest. His hair is grayed, but the store remains young — as do its customers.
“I’ve been in downtown for so many years and Bob has just lasted and lasted and I think that’s really cool,” Lowe said. “I think it’s really cool to have something that’s just stuck around.”
Sitting back in his chair, Schurtz organizes his clean yet chaotic desk. He places markers in a cup and precisely aligns the edges of papers to the corners of his desk. Stacking the books that have yet to be inventoried and placing them on a nearby shelf, Schultz tucks a new book in his jacket pocket and clips his pen to the front of his shirt.
With a flicker of the light switch and a turn of the lock, Downtown Books is closed, waiting to turn the page onto tomorrow.
CONTACT Madisson Haynes at
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“It’s a bookshop out
of time, it’s kind of
in bizarro world, and
that’s the reason
why I love it.”
Susan Vincent
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Located in Central Uganda on a peninsula in Africa’s largest lake, Lake Victoria, is a city with a population of about ,. Th is city, called Entebbe, is made up of many diff erent rural communities and fi shing islands, and has little industry. Even though the city is directly connected to a massive water source, means of filtering that water are scarce and clean water is hard to come by for many of Entebbe’s residents.
The water crisis isn’t going unnoticed, however. Hands Others is working to fi ght it. HO is a nonprofi t organization that empowers and enables students around the world to address critical issues. One student involved with their Global Internship Program is Amelia Morrison, a senior geographic science major at JMU. Morrison works with HO’s clean water program, which has provided over , people in different countries, including Uganda, with clean water by building wells and implementing fi ltration systems.
“With something like drinking water, it’s just something that we can all support,” Morrison said. “Th e more that we can get people aware … of the other issues in society that stem from lacking that drinking water, the more that we can cultivate the service atmosphere that JMU kind of thinks of itself as having.”
Drinking unfiltered water can cause typhoid fever, cholera and other water-borne illnesses. Residents in countries like Uganda may have to travel great distances to get water that can still bring them diseases. Since those diseases require them to spend their income on medicine, the resulting lack of resources can lead to crime, starvation and an inability to send their kids to school.
“We’re decreasing the death rates in the areas, but what we’re also doing is creating an environment and a culture where people are able to pursue their dreams and thrive,” Zak Shellabarger, program director at HO, said.
Shellabarger saw this process fi rsthand while on a trip to Entebbe. He was installing a water system and noticed how many of the problems their town faced weren’t a result of bad people, but poor circumstances.
“Uganda’s such a place that’s so rich in culture and love and there’s so many people that are just so giving of themselves and so hospitable,” Shellabarger said. “Crime is not large there because the people are bad — crime is large there because they have no other means to provide for themselves … and so when we go in and when we install a water system, slowly over time what starts to happen is that the community starts to find new and better ways to provide for themselves.”
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Sixty-one percent of Ugandans lack access to safe water, and even more don’t have access to improved sanitation. That’s why Morrison is coordinating her own fundraiser for a clean water system in Entebbe.
“Nothing philanthropic happens without a strong community around it,” Morrison said. “So it’s really a powerful thing to create partnerships with people who
care, even if t h e y ’ r e n o t focused on the same issue as you.” Uganda is j u s t o n e o f many places struggling d u r i n g t h e c l e a n w at e r crisis. Around t h e w o r l d , more than 840
million people don’t have safe drinking water. With such a far-reaching issue, Morrison said she’s had no problem finding people willing to help out with her efforts to aid Entebbe.
“A lot of people want to be involved with an issue like this just because it’s humanitarian,” Morrison said. “College campuses are a really good place to cultivate that energy because everyone does care, and has a little bit of time, not so much money, but time to devote to that.”
The Environmental Management Club is one student organization that’s decided to get involved with the cause. Laura Grajales, a senior kinesiology major and social chair of the club, said its members were eager to get involved. “We definitely feel like it’s something
that we take for granted here in the United States,” Grajales said. “It’s something that’s so vital to daily living that it feels like such a huge cause for us to be able to help out.”
Morrison has gotten more of the JMU community involved besides student organizations — from booking local music acts like Ryan Cam, Gryzzle and Venus Milo to perform at fundraising e v e n t s , t o having Mad4U help organize an up coming concert. “I definitely feel like JMU is a place where everyone’s kind of trying to do something to make the world a better place,” Grajales said. Uniting with others to make a difference is something Morrison stressed. She said she’s glad she’s in the position to bring people together to help out.
“Using your privilege, that’s what I envision,” Morrison said. “Band together with whoever you can connect with, whatever organizations that you can connect with and individuals and try to do something good. And the feeling that comes when you achieve that is really, really a good feeling. It feels really good to help people.”
CONTACT Thomas Robertson at [email protected]. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on Twitter @BreezeNewsJMU.
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because the people are bad
— crime is large there because
they have no other means
to provide for themselves.”
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On Jan. 10, Del. Tony Wilt of Virginia’s 26th District proposed two bills to the House of Delegates in Richmond for the first session of the year. The first bill, HB 512, is designed to address the payment schedule of the Accelerated Sales Tax for small retail businesses, requiring businesses to pay taxes on projected sales for the final month of the fiscal year as opposed to actual sales during that time.
The current system was originally implemented in 2010 to address the economic recession the country was going through, but Wilt believes it’s time to amend that system.
“It was basically a gimmick to make the year end better,” Wilt said. “You had to come up with this money and your money hadn’t come in for the month of June. That’s not good accounting. I mean, it helped us in a fiscal crunch, but you know, the economy seems to be rebounding some. I just feel like it’s a good time to repeal that process.”
The fiscal year ends after June 30, which, under the current system, means businesses have to pay June’s sales taxes before that date. Taxes for every other given month are
due midway through the following month to give businesses time to collect and calculate their sales. To pay taxes for sales made in June, businesses have to pay 90 percent of the previous June’s tax as an estimate of the current year’s sales. If businesses underperform in June, they’d pay more than they actually owe to the state government.
“If you were over, they would give it back to you, but that was after the fact,” Wilt said. “You had to come up with this money and your money hadn’t come in for the month of June … If you were having a lean year, where were you supposed to come up with that extra cash?”
Businesses could fill out hardship waivers to exempt them from this tax schedule. However, Wilt believed that this was an unnecessary step that could be solved with legislation. Instead, Wilt proposes that businesses pay the sales taxes for the month of June in the following fiscal year’s tax collection. This would give businesses time to collect and calculate their sales for the month of June and pay the proper amount when they have the money in hand rather than before. The state won’t lose revenue over this bill, instead delaying its collection to accommodate small businesses and ensure they’re financially secure during that period.
“There are members of both parties that have small businesses and I think that it’s in the best interest of both parties to work together to benefit them,” Samantha Lane, president of the JMU College Democrats, said.
The second bill Wilt proposed was HB 513. This bill proposes to adopt the federal definitions for small businesses. Currently, Virginia defines a small business as at least 51 percent independently owned, meaning not owned by a corporate entity. It also must have no more than 250 employees or make no more than $10 million over the span of three years.
Wilt wishes to use the definition outlined by the U.S. Small Business Administration to help more strictly define categories of small businesses in Virginia. Currently, the state doesn’t make distinctions among industries when considering the definition of a small business. Different industries require different bare minimum means to function in terms of number of employees and costs of overhead spending.
“You’re not comparing apples to apples,” Wilt said. “There’s just a slew of categories that, you know, the federal government’s broken down and that way, it makes more of a level playing field.”
Although the bills are still in the early stages, Wilt doesn’t anticipate any visible opposition to his proposals in The House. Despite Wilt’s position as a Republican delegate, the language of the bills isn’t designed in opposition to Democratic platforms.
“I definitely have things with [Wilt] that I really disagree with him on, but I think in this case, I don’t really have a huge bias towards it,” Lane said. “Even if we are from a different party, that doesn’t mean I should hate everything that he suggests.”
Wilt’s Republican constituents have responded positively to his proposals as well.
“I think this is a bill that will help improve business in Virginia,” Julia Pilipenko, president of JMU College Republicans, said. “I think it will benefit a lot of small businesses and create more business opportunities.”
The bills are currently going through subcommittees for revision and approval. They’re expected be on the House floor for a vote within the next two weeks.
CONTACT Travis Valle at valletj@dukes. jmu.edu. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on Twitter @BreezeNewsJMU.
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The two legislations aim to
help small businesses in Virginia
Tony Wilt, pictured above at the 26th District debate, proposed a bill focusing on small businesses and how they pay taxes. The second bill looks at how small businesses are defined based on federal standards.
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Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a former CIA employee, was arrested in New York on suspicion of sabotaging the agency’s operations in China. In 2010, U.S. officials noticed that intelligence from informants within the Chinese government began to dissipate. Two years later, the FBI launched an investigation into this matter. In May 2017, four former CIA officials revealed that approximately 20 informants were either killed or imprisoned by the Chinese government between 2010-12. After working for the CIA as a case officer between 1994-2007, Lee moved to Hong Kong. He was given a top-secret clearance and signed several nondisclosure agreements during this period.
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Steve Bannon, a former aide to President Donald Trump, will be interviewed by prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team rather than appear before a grand jury. This follows the publishing of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” a book that claims Bannon heavily criticized a meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer in June 2016. However, Bannon expressed regret over some of his comments reported in the book. In addition to Mueller, the House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena and will require Bannon to answer questions regarding potential links between the Trump campaign and Russian government officials.
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Last Tuesday, the Harrisonburg School Board encouraged City Council to make its decision regarding the construction of a potential high school at the latter’s Tuesday meeting. The school board stated that a decision must be made in order for the new high school to be completed by the 2021-22 school year. The new high school is estimated to cost $76 million and hold 1,200 students. The push for a new school stems from the desire to alleviate overcrowding in the city’s school system. Harrisonburg’s real estate tax, currently 85 cents per $100, would have to increase by 13.5 cents to cover bonds financed over 25 years.
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JAZMINE OTEY
| call for change
According to a Stanford study, fi nding a strategic way to study can improve test scores by a third of a letter grade. Th is alone can change a B+ student to an A student.
For a student, preparing for college courses can be a burdensome task. Th e night before an exam is often spent with either a fi zzing energy drink or a warm cup of coff ee in hand as one hurriedly prepares for what awaits them. It’s no surprise that studying for a test can be challenging. Regardless, there are many routes one can take to improve their study habits, some that many would’ve never guessed.
Th e U.S. National Library of Medicine states that laughing doesn’t only reduce stress, but it also improves one’s memory. Th is goes hand in hand with studying, and if it isn’t a distraction, can be benefi cial. Nevertheless, this doesn’t give individuals permission to crack a joke every fi ve seconds with their study partners. Students still need to make an eff ort to focus on the material they’re trying to learn, but sharing a laugh or watching a funny video in between studying can take the edge off .
According to a study by the British Journal of Psychology, chewing gum also helps with studying by improving concentration and memory. “It’s been well established by previous research that chewing gum can benefi t some areas of cognition,” Kate Morgan, the author of the study, said. “In our study we focused on an audio task that involved short-term memory recall to see if chewing gum would improve concentration; especially in the latter stages of the task.” Th e results gathered from the study suggest that chewing gum betters an individual’s focus on tasks that need “continuous monitoring over a longer amount of time.” Studying certainly requires one’s attention for long periods of time, so grabbing a piece of gum before getting started is worth a shot.
I know many students run into the problem of not being able to put their phones down while they’re studying. Phones have proven to be extremely addicting, and it’s easy for one minute of harmlessly checking a Facebook newsfeed to turn into an hour of mindlessly scrolling through your phone. Before an individual realizes, the time trying to study is wasted looking at funny videos or trying to text someone back. Nevertheless, there are many apps one could download
to help students avoid getting on distracting websites such as SelfControl, Freedom, etc. With these apps, a student can block selected social media for a set period of time. Until their time is up, a student won’t be able to access the app they blocked, even if they get desperate and try to delete the app.
Past research claims Times New Roman is easier to read in comparison to other fonts since it has serifs. Th is in turn can make typeface much easier to read due to the fact that it makes it more distinctive and easier for our brains to register. Diffi cult fonts may look pretty, but they’re harder for the brain to recognize. Its simplicity is one of the reasons teachers request students write scholarly papers in Times New Roman. When studying, students want to be able to retain the information in a timely manner. Th erefore, there’s no reason to use fl amboyant fonts if it makes processing the information slower. Remember, less is best.
Th e Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics claims that eating more berries such as blackberries and blueberries can boost your memory. It explains that the berries are a good source of anthocyanins and other fl avonoids, which are supplements that can potentially help someone have a better memory. In addition, a University of Cincinnati study expresses that berries can also be used by individuals to battle Alzheimer’s disease. While studying, a small bowl of berries on the side can really help aid in the process and potentially help students retain the material. Students can also put the berries in a bowl of plain yogurt and add some granola on top to switch it up a little bit.
During college, studying can defi nitely be a hassle. Regardless, it’s critical everyone has at least one studying routine. It’s going to take some trial and error to see what works most effi ciently because no single study method works the same for everyone. Whether it’s downloading an app that blocks distracting sites, chewing a piece of gum or something that might not be on this list, it’s important a student fi nds what works best for them. After all, fi nding what works best will ultimately help students thrive. Jazmine Otey is a sophomore writing, rhetoric and technical communication major. Contact Jazmine at [email protected].
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Study secrets
Th e Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics claims that eating more berries such as blackberries and blueberries can boost your memory. It explains that the berries are a good source of anthocyanins and other fl avonoids, which are supplements that can potentially help someone have a better memory. In addition, a University of Cincinnati study expresses that berries can also be used by individuals to battle Alzheimer’s disease. While studying, a small bowl of berries on the
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| forward thinking
Since Oprah W i n f r e y ’ s c e l e b r a t e d speech at the Golden Globes on Jan. 7 in which she decried the continued subjugation of women, there’ve been many calling for her to run for president in 2020. Among other reasons for their support for an Oprah presidential bid, people cite her leadership skills and ability to project hope onto a population
discouraged by the current state of America — both of which were evident in her speech. Although there’s no question that such qualities of hopefulness and inspiration are required of a good president, her inexperience in matters related to the most important
parts of the job demands we be very careful in considering the possibility of an Oprah presidency.
I’m genuinely concerned Americans are fi nding it more diffi cult to separate the matters that are most important to our lives — such as the political leadership of our country — with the entertainment realities that extend throughout our society. For many in the U.S., having a remarkable skill set in a medium of entertainment truly qualifi es that person for the job of president. Perhaps this is due to the familiarity with these TV stars, as opposed to political fi gures the public knows little about.
After all, for many Americans, Oprah has been a present fi gure in their lives far longer than high-profi le senators and governors. Th ey know her well, and this provides a certain level of comfort. Th is theory is supported by the fact that Dwayne “Th e Rock” Johnson has admitted to seriously considering a presidential run and has received a wide array of support, despite being entirely unqualifi ed for the job.
Being the toughest and most important job in the world, the United States presidency requires a strong breadth and depth of
knowledge about extremely complex ideas, such as America’s foreign policy, securing the economic well-being of nearly 330 million citizens and propelling the proper image of the U.S. throughout the rest of the world. Th is necessitates that those seeking the presidency have an elongated study of these matters combined with experience in dealing with them. Actress Meryl Streep argues that Oprah’s business accolades make her “more than qualifi ed” for the job. Yet, the skill set of business management — particularly when that success has been primarily dependent upon the power of her name — isn’t automatically translatable to the presidency. Just as being p r e s i d e n t shouldn’t itself make someone a properly q u a l i f i e d candidate for becoming the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, b u s i n e s s skills aren’t t h e m s e l v e s suffi cient to being a qualifi ed presidential candidate.
Just because our current president is woefully unfi t for the job shouldn’t mean that we lower our expectations for those seeking to be his successor. Th e qualifi cations for the presidency are so high that I contend Barack Obama was an unqualifi ed candidate when he ran for the job in 2008, despite his impressive educational background and few years of experience as a legislator.
I’m not denying that we should support the idea that anyone can become president, but this of course depends on qualifi cations. If Oprah, or any other TV personality, aspires to someday become president, they should begin by gaining the knowledge and experience required for the job. Th is could be done by spending time in state or federal offi ces and learning the responsibilities required of the president. Once someone has the credentials, they should be considered a legitimate contender for the job.
But until that point, the presidency should be reserved for those qualifi ed.
Dan Ford is a senior international affairs and international business double major. Contact Dan at [email protected].
Oprah
not an option
Winfrey unqualifi ed to be presidential candidate
”Just because our current president
is woefully unqualifi ed for the
job shouldn’t mean that we
lower our expectations for those
seeking to be his successor. “
Dan Ford
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Th is guessing game could be the reason why the fl u shot’s eff ectiveness has fl uctuated year after year dating back to 2005. In that year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded the shot was just 10 percent eff ective.
Th e most eff ective fl u shot in the last decade was recorded at 60 percent in the 2010-11 season. However, since then, the only other fl u shot to surpass 50 percent eff ectiveness came in 2013-14.
Call me crazy, but I’ve never gotten a fl u shot. I primarily have never gotten the shot because I haven’t seen the need since I’ve never gotten the fl u. I notice a majority of my friends continue to get them, and yet continue to get the fl u. But that doesn’t mean the fl u shot is causing people to get it.
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