Don’t let the flu turn your
your chronic condition deadly.
Flu + Diabetes
For many living with diabetes, managing their condition is difficult enough. Even when well managed, diabetes and the flu can produce dangerous complications, hospitalizations and sometimes death. The flu shot is the best way to help protect yourself from the flu.
In the 2019-2020 flu season, influenza caused up to 62,000 flu-related deaths in the United States.

For people living with asthma and diabetes, the flu can be particularly dangerous — as Lisa knows all too well. Every year, Lisa gets her flu shot. But two years ago she waited until later in the flu season to get vaccinated. Too late, it turns out. The flu struck her hard, and she ended up in the intensive care unit. Her ordeal has left her with diminished strength, shortness of breath and a persistent cough. She won’t put off getting her flu shot ever again.
I just kept getting worse. I was in the hospital for three weeks. Everyone thought I was going to die.
Flu + Asthma
Asthma sufferers know how scary difficulties with breathing can be. A flu shot can go a long way toward helping to prevent flu or minimizing the symptoms of flu on the lungs.
Directly, flu can worsen symptoms of respiratory disorders, such as asthma, and can lead to pneumonia.

JoJo doesn’t let her chronic asthma get in the way of her fitness competitions and motorcycle trips. She hadn’t gotten the flu before, so she never thought she needed a flu shot. Then, the flu knocked her out of action twice in one year, and she learned that asthma and the flu can be a dangerous combination. To make matters worse, she passed the flu on to her sister who then passed it on to her daughter. Now JoJo will do everything she can to help protect herself and others from the flu — and that includes getting her annual flu shot.
My life stopped in its tracks. I never want to go through that experience again.