Actually if there were to be a flu pandemic caused by the H5N1 strain it is anticipated it would likely have a similar effect to that caused by the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 where "the virus kills via a cytokine storm, which explains its unusually severe nature and the unusual age profile of its victims (the virus caused an overreaction of the body's immune system?the strong immune systems of young adults ravaged the body, while the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults caused fewer deaths).
At 29 you are slap bang in the middle of the age range of 18-40 quoted on an edition of the BBC's "Horizon" on the subject a couple of years ago.