Immunizations help protect people from serious, preventable diseases.
Keeping up to date with vaccines is important in maintaining good health for older adults. These immunizations do not guarantee that a person will not get sick with these conditions, but they make it less likely and reduce the risk of severe infection or death. Flu is a viral infection that causes symptoms such as fever, headaches, body aches and pains, sore throat, and cough. It is very easily passed from one person to another. People who get flu then often develop pneumonia.