Three children have now died. The choice to receive the flu vaccine isn’t just about you

Three children have died from influenza this year. They were aged three, six, and 11 years of age. They died, in Australia, from an illness for which there is a freely available vaccination. The children are amongst the 26 victims in Victoria whose deaths have been attributed to contracting the flu in 2019. The other 23 people were aged care residents. In South Australia, 27 people have died, and in Queensland, 25.