For weakened people with a bad heart or diabetes, the flu could be dangerous. Mt. Clemens General Hospital has stockpiled anti-flu medication. The anti-flu medication will only help those people who get it within the first day of when the symptoms show up. Vaccine is a preventative thing. The medication is for patients once they have already gotten sick.
Most people come in too late for the anti-flu medication.
Then the medication won't do any good. Some people who are ill, misdiagnose it as the flu. They think they have influenza when they really don't. Influenza can a serious illness. It can be fatal.