[Devils'Advocate]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Except you can't really vaccinate for the "flu".

Its a misnomer. What people believe is the "flu" and what influenza is, is often quite different.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza

First line from wikipedia article cited:

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza viruses.

Sounds like synonyms to me. What is the difference? And right in the same article, the top way listed to prevent the flu is the vaccine.