A recent article published by NBC news I found quite astonish to find out that people don't die from the flu but the over the top response by the immune system to fight off the invader. It was also interesting to find out that the immune system is what causes you to feel so bad when you get a sick and not the actual illness. That explains why normal healthy young people die when inflicted with the flu. I had a friend become really ill, not from the flu though, he spent a month in this hospital while the doctors tried to get his immune system to stop attacking his lungs, his problem was he waited way to long to go be seen about what ailed him his immune system went into overdrive. It's important to be seen immediately when one becomes ill. If anyone wants to read the article it can be found by typing this address consecutively into your browser. http: // www. nbc news . com / health / health - news / here - s - how - flu -virus - kills - some - people - so - quickly - n 839936