[BluH2o]

Live in western CO now and this has been a local news item since before Xmas. Had my flu shot in early November because I was traveling abroad later that month. Now we're told that this seasons flu shot is only minimally effective against the current strain. Showing my age, back in the late 1950’s the Asian flu epidemic made the rounds in north America ... I was down the better part of a week with it ... it was severe enough that I remember it well ... don't want a repeat.

[george76]

The flu can be serious. Strains often mutate quickly.

Apparently, the 1918 flu pandemic lasted 2 years . It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, killing over 50 million people.