on the surface the flu vaccine seems like a nobrainer history has shown us influenza can be a devastating and lethal disease worth attempting to control if not eradicate however looking more closely we find that these apparent nobrainers do in fact present complicated policy questions a few flu facts even when an old heavy redwood tree falls terminally to the ground its seeds are already on their way to producing another life and now as we look to the year 2013 we can discuss the importance of realizing that the ending of year 2012 is merely prepping us for whats to come the end is never really that