Flu vaccination can keep you from getting sick from flu. Protecting yourself from flu also protects
the people around you who are more vulnerable to serious flu illness.
Flu vaccination can help protect people who are at greater risk of getting seriously ill from flu, like
older adults, people with chronic health conditions and young children (especially infants younger
than 6 months old who are too young to get vaccinated).
Flu vaccination also may make your illness milder if you do get sick (Belshe, 1998).
Flu vaccination can reduce the risk of more serious flu outcomes, like hospitalizations and deaths