Medical Experts Say There’s 1 Serious Reason Why Getting A Flu Shot This Year Is Very Important

You probably know at least one person who came down with the flu this past winter, that is, if you didn’t get it yourself. And there is a reason for that — “flu season was particularly bad last year,” Sood said.

Flu hospitalizations were at their highest since the 2010-2011 flu season. “There were a lot more people that were hospitalized than usually are hospitalized, and child mortality from influenza was also very high. So, it was a particularly bad influenza year,” Sood added.