The Sentinel's Jeremy Fowler reported Sunday night that UF football players received a nasal spray vaccine over the weekend for a "seasonal flu virus".
So what exactly did the No. 1 Gators spray up their noses?
This from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
The nasal-spray flu vaccine is a vaccine made with live, weakened flu viruses that do not cause the flu (sometimes called LAIV for "live attenuated influenza vaccine" or FluMist®). LAIV (FluMist®) is approved for use in healthy* people 2-49 years of age who are not pregnant.
Each seasonal influenza vaccine contains three influenza viruses-one A (H3N2) virus, one regular seasonal A (H1N1) virus (not the 2009 H1N1 virus), and one B virus. The viruses in the vaccine change each year based on international surveillance and scientists' estimations about which types and strains of viruses will circulate in a given year. About 2 weeks after vaccination, antibodies that provide protection against influenza virus infection develop in the body.
The seasonal flu vaccine will not provide protection against 2009 H1N1 flu.
I don't know about you, but a few things strike me odd about this whole story:
1. If Urban Meyer was really worried about the flu and how it impacted his football team, he wouldn't have allowed Jeff Demps to play against Tennessee with a 101-degree temperature.
3. I wonder if the three of them shook hands with Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin and his crew? Hmm …
P.S. If you would to know more about the FluMist nasal vaccine, here's a link to more information. Not only is it good enough for Tim Tebow, it's also used by the United States military. (See the video below).