That is, if you get the flu shot, your chances of
dying during flu season are cut in half.
Not exact matches
During the 2012 - 2013
season, people who got a high - dose vaccine were 36 percent less likely to
die in the 30 days following hospitalization or an emergency department visit that included a
flu diagnosis compared to the standard - dose vaccine, the researchers found.
But if no one got the
flu shot at all, the researchers estimated that about 130,000 people would
die following 77 million infections and 470,000 hospitalizations
during a typical
flu season.