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Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt, said that many read the list of people at high risk for developing complications from flu. He said that they didn't realize he could pass the infection for 24 hours before you develop symptoms, and for four or five days afterward. He noted that it was very surprising, but they knew from surveys that the myth that he could get flu from a flu shot persists, even among some health care workers, and they needed to be clearer about addressing that .