Believe it or not, the flu can cause pneumonia, an opportune bacteria can take hold while your immune system is preoccupied with another invader. It can also cause 104F fever. I had the same thing the last time I had the flu. About 16 years ago, I was sick for a week. Home in bed. Couldn't get out of bed or do anything. Sweating and shivering at the same time. The fever broke at 3am in the morning. I woke up in soaked sheets and comforter. Got up, changed the sheets and took a shower. Didn't even feel sick any more. That was the last time I was sick. I've not gotten the flu vaccine since. I figured if I was going to get that sick with a flu shot, I wasn't going to bother anymore. I actually thought I was going to die, but I didn't. I don't know what people are dying of for certain, but I don't underestimate the flu any more.
Believe it or not, the flu can cause pneumonia, an opportune bacteria can take hold while your immune system is preoccupied with another invader. It can also cause 104F fever. I had the same thing the last time I had the flu. About 16 years ago, I was sick for a week. Home in bed. Couldn't get out of bed or do anything. Sweating and shivering at the same time. The fever broke at 3am in the morning. I woke up in soaked sheets and comforter. Got up, changed the sheets and took a shower. Didn't even feel sick any more. That was the last time I was sick. I've not gotten the flu vaccine since. I figured if I was going to get that sick with a flu shot, I wasn't going to bother anymore. I actually thought I was going to die, but I didn't. I don't know what people are dying of for certain, but I don't underestimate the flu any more.