Did you get your flu shot this year? Yes, I am asking you….More importantly, Canadian icon Rick Mercer and I are asking you, but read on. Influenza has a disarming common name, the flu. This virus, spread by droplets through the air is, however, ‘fully armed’. It can knock a a healthy adult off his or her feet suddenly, with a potent assault characterized by fever, chills, coughing, sore throat, achiness, headaches, and fatigue. It can also kill.