Show Have Chronic Lung Get Flu Shot Lyman I- President of the Utah Lung Association reminds people with chronic lung disease to obtain their influenza vaccinations from their SMART can be a killer disease for people with lung He listed chronic lung diseases such as chronic and emphysema along with chronic cardiac disorders He said it is important to build up protective immunity against influenza before late fall and winter when the flu season Smart says it is known that influenza occurs to some extent in the U. S. every There is mi accurate way of predicting the extent it will occur during the winter UTAH Lung president also recommends annual influenza vaccination for the elderly because influenza outbreaks are commonly associated with excess mortality in older age groups |