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Healthy people with healthy immune systems aren't supposed to get the flu shot to prevent themselves from getting sick. They're supposed to get it because it dr
by binaryorganic 12y ago
Healthy people with healthy immune systems aren't supposed to get the flu shot to prevent themselves from getting sick. They're supposed to get it because it drastically reduces the chances of passing the virus to at risk populations (who would have a much harder time fighting the virus than you). There are almost a quarter of a million hospitalizations due to the flu in the U.S. each year.
- samplonius 12y agoAnd while the number of deaths varies each season, the CDC estimates that the flu kills a minimum of 3,000 people in the US each year. Just to put this Ebola thing in perspective.