Flu Season Is Here: Should You Get a Flu Shot
By Kaylene Peoples | November 20th, 2012 | Category: Fitness Couture, Health | 1 Comment »
Every Fall, we are urged to get our flu shot, with good reason since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919, was responsible for between 20-40 million deaths. So what is the flu exactly? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) the flu is defined as influenza and a contagious respiratory illness caused by the Influenza virus. There are two main types of the virus.