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Influenza (commonly known as the flu) usually leaves its victims unable to function for several days and is responsible for an average of 140,000 hospitalizations each year.* Getting an annual flu shot is your best protection against the flu. The vaccine is created from noncontiguous, inactive viruses and altered yearly to combat the ever-evolving flu.
