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Originally Posted by Deschodt
That's just it, this one was really bad in that it wasn't the usual "old people" being affected, this one killed quite a few young people at the peak of their health...
And the coverage from the vaccine was an all time low... Some friends have had it and said it was the worst flu they ever had... But other than that, you are right, it's the same every winter and lots more folks die than we know about, from complications of the flu...
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Even if it doesn't prevent it, the vaccine can reduce the effects of the flue and the resulting complications. Fun fact, If you get strain A and recover, you can still get strain B (or vis versa) and go through the sickness all over again. One strain doesn't give you immunity from the other. A big problem is some people aren't getting that sick from the flu so they are more likely to go back to work, school, ect while they are sick and spread it around.