Influenza can be an unpleasant experience during chilly weather. Chances are many of you have already been feeling the flu’s nasty effects. The respiratory illness can also be deadly. Michael Kinch, Ph.D., an immunologist and vaccine expert, as well as dean of Sciences and a vice president at Long Island University in New York told Fox News Digital that in an average year, 60,000 people in the United States die from the flu each year.