Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/ &copy;2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/files.php?file= http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/ http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Disease/why_do_people_die_from_the_flu_090920090850.html Disease Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:48:00 +0000 By Rachel Stockton - rachels at foodconsumer dot orgAccording to the Center for Disease Control, the influenza virus is responsible for 36,000 deaths per year Disease Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:38:50 +0000 There is absolutely no certainty that the annual flu vaccines prevent the actual strain of flu. In fact, flu vaccines may cause other health issues, e.g., immobility, paralysis.<br /> <br /> If anything, the elderly in particular should get the pneumonia vaccine as preventative maintenance for complications from the flu.<br /> <br /> Instead of pushing flu vaccines, the medical sector and government should be pushing the pneumonia vaccine, which is 60-70% effective against the most prominent 23 varieties of the 88 possible types of pneumonia. foodconsumer.org