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Jim Furyk Discusses how Older Adults Should Find out if They Need to Be Vaccinated against 'Pneumococcal Pneumonia'
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(OPEN):
GOLF-PROFESSIONAL, JIM FURYK
["FYUR-ICK"], HAS HAD HIS COACH AND FATHER, MIKE, BY HIS
SIDE--THROUGHOUT HIS IMPRESSIVE CAREER. BUT, NOW THAT MIKE'S GETTING OLDER, JIM IS ENCOURAGING HIM TO BE MORE
PROACTIVE--WHEN IT COMES TO HIS HEALTH...
(JIM FURYK):
"I WOULDN'T BE NEAR THE
GOLFER--OR MAN--[THAT] I AM TODAY WITHOUT MY DAD. AND NOW, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO COACH HIM, ABOUT TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS HEALTH.
JUST LIKE OVERCOMING THE HAZARDS ALONG A GOLF-COURSE, UNDERSTANDING YOUR RISK FOR POTENTIALLY SERIOUS
INFECTIOUS-DISEASES--LIKE 'PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA'--CAN HELP YOU STAY ON-COURSE."
(BRIDGE):
"PNEUMOCOCCAL
PNEUMONIA" IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS.
EVEN HEALTHY ADULTS OVER 65 ARE AT INCREASED RISK--BECAUSE OUR IMMUNE-SYSTEM NATURALLY WEAKENS WITH
AGE...
(JIM FURYK):
"VACCINES AREN'T JUST FOR KIDS:
AS YOU AND YOUR PARENTS AGE, CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF ADULT-VACCINATION.
AND, IF YOU'RE 65 OR OLDER, SPEAK WITH A DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST--TO MAKE SURE [THAT]
YOU'RE UP-TO-DATE, ON 'C-D-C'-RECOMMENDED VACCINES."
(CLOSE):
FOR MORE, VISIT "KNOW-PNEUMONIA"-DOT-COM;
THAT'S "K-N-O-W-PNEUMONIA"-DOT-COM. SPONSORED BY "PFIZER".
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