evidence: Even if you typically don't get sick, getting vaccinated will stop you from spreading it to others at higher risk of getting hospitalized or dying from the flu. [...] This year, COVID-19, RSV, and other respiratory illnesses are spreading as well as the flu. Get the best protection against COVID-19 and the flu by getting your COVID-19 vaccine boosters and yearly flu vaccine. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine. [...] Although it is especially important that people in these groups get vaccinated to decrease their risk of severe flu illness, it is very important that healthy people ages 5 to 64 years old get vaccinated too, since they are most likely to spread influenza and can still get complications from flu.