# The Flu Can Be Very Serious

1 min. 9 sec. video that raises awareness about the serious illness and complications that can result from flu and the importance of getting an annual flu vaccine. Each year millions of people in the United States get sick with flu, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized, and thousands to tens of thousands of people die from flu. A flu vaccine can keep you and your family from getting sick with the flu. Learn more here: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm.

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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/video/flu-severity/flu-severity_low.mp4

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Flu_Can_Be_Very_Serious.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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