KUSA — So, probably like you, I’ve read scary articles and heard news stories about otherwise healthy people getting the flu and ending-up seriously ill and in the hospital. Yet, these alarming and deeply frightening stories, seem distant… no one ever thinks it could happen to them.
Do You Know if You’re More At-Risk for Contracting a Flu Virus?
I knew I was personally more at-risk for contracting a flu virus due to underlying asthma, which not only weakens your immune system, it compromises lung function on a good day. That said, five years ago (at the age of 48), I was just too busy to get a flu shot…