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Flu season ultimately claims the life of many people each and every year because individuals with weaker immune systems are unable to successfully fight the battle of the flu once they catch the flu bug. After the flu breaks down the person’s defenses, then the person becomes weak and often doesn’t survive.

Tamiflu, the medication designed to help people who are diagnosed with the flu is making a big dent in the numbers of would-be deaths to flu and hopefully, Tamiflu will continue to help individuals with the flu and the pharmaceutical company responsible for developing Tamiflu will continue to thrive.

Flu dangers have been down played for a great number of years. Yet, people die each year from the flu. Not only do people die from the flu, they also suffer a lot of time off from work and often miss out on numerous activities with their families for several weeks while they fight the flu and try to regain their strength.

Mono is similar to the flu in that individuals with the flu simply don’t feel like doing anything at all and they ultimately must rest to recuperate. The same holds true of the kissing disease, which is what mono, has long been called.

Flu dangers can now only be outnumbered by the dangers of deciding to take the flu vaccine. The vaccine designed to help patients avoid the flu is now being attributed to Alzheimer’s and several other medical complications. Now, the general public must decide to take a vaccine which has very serious reported side effects or decide to wait the flu season out and hope for the best.

Flu seasons which you try to ride out and hope for the best are no different than those who Hurricane Katrina bullied into believing in the ability to ride out the storm. Riding out flu season is every bit as dangerous, especially during flu season. Talk to your family doctor about flu vaccines and other preventative measures to avoid the flu. Do you best to stay well!