In an average year, three to four thousand people will die from flu-related complications.
Those most at risk from flu are the very young and the very old - but Australian society suffers greatly as a whole.
Influenza is a major cause of both absenteeism and presenteeism during the autumn and winter months, with more than 48 thousand [[48,276]] cases of influenza being reported across the country in 2018 - and that was a quiet year.
Absenteeism - that's when a worker is absent from work due to illness - costs seven billion dollars each year in lost wages, while presenteeism - that's when a worker turns up while unwell - costs 34 billion dollars in lost productivity.
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