The Alarming Reason Why Some People Die From Flu
This article was previously published February 1, 2018, and has been updated with new information. As the COVID pandemic enters its second year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ramping back up on its influenza recommendations, and stressing that it’s important to get a flu vaccine along with your COVID shots and boosters. 1 The CDC is urging everyone aged 6 months and older to get a flu shot, with rare exceptions. 2 During the height of the pandemic, influenza cases appeared to drop or nearly disappear, but with the 2021-2022 flu season, more flu cases are being reported. By the end of December 2021, the CDC reported that two children had already died of flu, and that flu hospitalizations were rising quickly. 3 But how many deaths and hospitalizations are actually due to flu? Many Flu ‘Deaths’ Are Actually From Secondary Infections While influenza can indeed be deadly in rare cases, what most health experts fail...