How many times have you gone to see your doctor or pharmacist with a cold, a tummy bug, a sore throat, only to be told 'it's a virus'? The average adult gets about four colds a year (children get far more) and you may think the flu virus is just another. You'd be wrong.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/flu-vaccine-how-to-avoid-getting-sick