 It may still feel like summer outside but experts say now is the best time to start preparing for the upcoming flu season. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the last flu season claimed more than 80,000 lives. That's the worst flu season in decades. More than 150 children died from the flu and in most of those cases they were not vaccinated. Dr. Elliot Frank at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune says prepare now by getting your flu shot. October is a great time to get immunized because we really don't see cases in most seasons until November. So if everybody gets vaccinated before the end of October, they're going to have complete protection. But I want to emphasize that just because you miss the deadline doesn't mean you shouldn't still get immunized. As long as the season is present, as long as there are still new cases popping up, the vaccine will be helpful. Dr. Frank says we won't know the severity of the upcoming flu season until reported cases begin to get tracked, usually by early...