To vaccinate or not to vaccinate: Is the influenza Virus vaccine Safe? Who should be vaccinated? Are you planning to get a flu-shot? Are you going to encourage your family members to get a flu-shot? Solution Influenza is the respiratory illness caused by influenza virus.This virus can cause mild to severe illness and finally leads to death. So inorder to avoid such a bad condition,vaccination should be done for our body for every 6 months or atleast once in a year. Influenza is also known as \"flu\" which infects the respiratory tract ie., nose,throat and lungs.The name of influenza vaccine is also called as FLUZONE which saves us from influenza virus. Yes am planning to get a flu shot because i dont want to risk my life by getting viral diseases and i also encourage my family members to have a flu-shot because not only myself, i also want my family members to say away from viral diseases. So i suggest my family members to have a flu-shot for every 6 months or once in a year..