General Purpose Statement For Influenza Persuasive Speech Outline
General Purpose Statement: To Persuade.
Specific Purpose Statement: At the end of my speech, the audience will realize the importance of getting a flu shot.
I Introduction
A. 3000-49000 is the number of people per year that have died over the past 30 years from influenza according to the CDC. It started out low but keeps increasing in numbers each year. The percentage of U.S. population that gets the flu each year is on average around 20%. Over 200,000 people are hospitalized each year due to the flu. In 2009, influenza was the eighth leading cause of death for men in the U.S. During 2009 and 2010 the H1N1 or swine flu caused the first flu pandemic in 40 years causing 12,000 deaths according to Webmd.
B. Many people think that flu shots are not important each year but what they don’t know is that the number of deaths each year from influenza keep rising. You may think that …show more content…
USA Today tell us that a lot of children develop the flu regardless of preexisting conditions. They state that 47% of the children that die from the flu did not have preexisting conditions. They found that 830 kids died from influenza between 2004 and 2012 and most of them had not gotten a flu vaccine.
B. Even though influenza is a major problem in the world, it can be treated mostly by a simple flu shot each year.
1. A flu shot will help you fight off the influenza each year and even save your from going to the hospital and possibly even dying.
a. A flu shot is medicine that builds up antibodies in your system so that they will attach the virus if you come into contact with it. If you don’t have the antibodies then the virus will invade your body and replicate throughout it.
b. This can be implemented through a small injection of the medicine into the body each year.
2. A month or two before flu season starts in January, call up your physician and ask them about the flu shot. You can also go to a CVS pharmacy, Walgreens, and a rite aid.
a.) Get the Flu
Specific Purpose Statement: At the end of my speech, the audience will realize the importance of getting a flu shot.
I Introduction
A. 3000-49000 is the number of people per year that have died over the past 30 years from influenza according to the CDC. It started out low but keeps increasing in numbers each year. The percentage of U.S. population that gets the flu each year is on average around 20%. Over 200,000 people are hospitalized each year due to the flu. In 2009, influenza was the eighth leading cause of death for men in the U.S. During 2009 and 2010 the H1N1 or swine flu caused the first flu pandemic in 40 years causing 12,000 deaths according to Webmd.
B. Many people think that flu shots are not important each year but what they don’t know is that the number of deaths each year from influenza keep rising. You may think that …show more content…
USA Today tell us that a lot of children develop the flu regardless of preexisting conditions. They state that 47% of the children that die from the flu did not have preexisting conditions. They found that 830 kids died from influenza between 2004 and 2012 and most of them had not gotten a flu vaccine.
B. Even though influenza is a major problem in the world, it can be treated mostly by a simple flu shot each year.
1. A flu shot will help you fight off the influenza each year and even save your from going to the hospital and possibly even dying.
a. A flu shot is medicine that builds up antibodies in your system so that they will attach the virus if you come into contact with it. If you don’t have the antibodies then the virus will invade your body and replicate throughout it.
b. This can be implemented through a small injection of the medicine into the body each year.
2. A month or two before flu season starts in January, call up your physician and ask them about the flu shot. You can also go to a CVS pharmacy, Walgreens, and a rite aid.
a.) Get the Flu