While some debate the pros and cons of the flu vaccination, local healthcare workers agree that the vaccine is the best insurance against the virus.With 12 flu-related deaths in the mid-state area already this flu season, officials are urging the public to get a flu shot.“I know there is a bit of a controversy over the vaccine,” Michiko Martin of Family Medical Center told the Review Monday, “but it will not kill you. People die from the flu, not the vaccine. The vaccine is a dead virus.