[TexasCajun]

I wonder how many people die annually of the plain-jane Influenza that we get flu shots for every year?

[lovecraft]

I wonder how many people die annually of the plain-jane Influenza that we get flu shots for every year?

The number I heard floating around is 36,000. 36k people die every year from the normal garden variety flu each year in the USA. I've seen sites that says it almost twice that, but the 36k is what I've heard on several news reports.

[Born Conservative]

I wonder how many people die annually of the plain-jane Influenza that we get flu shots for every year?

It's not the actual influenza that kills people; it the secondary bacterial pneumonia that may cause death, as well as an exacerbation of a pre-existing chronic condition.

[DoughtyOne]

The CDC says 36,000 on average.