<p><strong>It doesn’t matter how fit and healthy you are, or your age – you’re still at risk of catching flu. </strong></p>

<p>The influenza virus doesn’t discriminate. It can hit unexpectedly, and influenza can be serious – sometimes causing complications or occasionally even causing death.</p>

<p>Certain groups are more at risk of flu and its complications, including older people. People with a comorbidity may have up to 2.5x increased risk of death from flu.</p>

<h3>Flu is highly contagious</h3>

<p>Flu infection happens when you breathe in droplets from sneezes and coughs of an infected person, or touch a contaminated surface then touch your mouth, eyes or nose.<sup>1</sup></p>
