I never took a flu shot in my life until I started 2 years ago,but about in 2006 I caught some strain of either flu or upper respiratory virus that knocked me down for over a week and I'm a strong person.I don't recall hearing of many influenza deaths from normal varities except in elderly or weakened individuals,but a 23 year old girl just died from H1N1 at Miami University and a 26 year old man at UC.