Influenza vaccination is associated with eight per cent reduced risk of death during flu season among patients with high blood pressure suggests a study. The study was presented at the 'ESC Congress 2019.' Given these results it is my belief that all patients with high blood pressure should have an annual flu vaccination said Daniel Modin first author of the study. Vaccination is safe cheap readily available and decreases influenza infection. On top of that our study suggests that it could also protect against fatal heart attacks and strokes and deaths from other causes added Modin. The study used Danish