Spanish flu of 1918 ... End of discussion.
Even with our modern advances there were plenty of cases of perfectly healthy people in their 20s dying to H1N1 several years back. The reason people were so worried about The swine flu was that unlike more common strains of Influenza A (that typically hit the very old very young and very sick), that subtype had a nasty habit of also knocking off perfectly young and healthy people.
Influenza is not some pussy-cat of an illness. Best case scenario it just makes you feel like dog shit for 4-5 days. Worst case scenario, it'll put you 6 feet under.
Vaccinating the individual is a public service. The more people that get their shot, the exponentially fewer people get sick.
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