The flu can be a serious threat to health. In fact, in Costa Rica, its complications have claimed the lives of 29 people in the last two months.
A study from the University of Alabama argues that vaccination is worthwhile when dealing with the flu.
According to Kevin Harrod, a researcher, although the flu vaccine may not prevent you from getting the flu, it limits the severity and duration of the disease, it addition, it will also provide some protection against future infections: even when the vaccine “don’t get along” with the strains of influenza, it offers partial protection.
The vaccine is recommended for children under 3 years old, the elderly and people with chronic illnesses. It is also recommended for women during and after pregnancy. All these groups of people are called, by the Costa Rican authorities, groups at risk.
In the last two months of 2016, severe acute respiratory infections (IRAG) killed 29 people.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, up to the beginning of December, 1,083,021 people received their influenza vaccine during the year.