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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Serious complications from the flu? Get lost, .....fear mongering at it's finest. I'm a healthy adult, the flu is not going to kill me.
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It may kill you, it may not. Being a relatively healthy adult, probably not. However, please acknowledge or refute the following facts, which you have ignored thus far:
1. You getting the flu puts others at risk of contracting the flu from you, and puts many of those people, particularly if they are young, old, or have compromised immune systems at significant risk of dying.
2. The range of adverse consequences of you getting the flu is not: die or don't die. If you contract the flu, there is a good chance that it lands you and anyone else that you pass it on to in the hospital or clinic. This puts the limited capacity of the health care system in jeopardy. This has the potential for anything from minor to very significant monetary and social costs could end up taking beds away from other people that need beds for much less preventable illnesses.