I am one of the lucky ones, I have never had the flu and I rarely get colds. Many years ago my doctor recommended that I do not get the flu shot.
I am in BC Canada.
I attend university and several of my classmates have some down with it (19-25 years old). One classmates mother has missed two weeks of work and is not better yet. A cousin had been sick for 3 weeks, she takes the flu shot. Luckily she has not been hospitalized, but she has been back to her doc a few times.
It is scary how fast people are getting very ill.