We just had a cold-front come through, so that will likely aggravate some upper-respiratory issues for some people, ... But, if there are additional symptoms, that will be something to take note of. It isn't always easy to get a (influenza) diagnosis.

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Germs are spread quite a bit through schools, ... They are transmitted from child to child; and, if one child gets sick it is likely that three of four others will.

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We do surveillance in much the same way here in Stoddard County, ... Any number of agencies call us and we collect data on those reports and turn them into the state.

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A lot of people will say they got the flu from the vaccine and they didn't. What they had was a reaction to a shot the same as you would have a reaction to any other shot.

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Flu season extends all the way to March or April of next year, ... I would not be comfortable giving any of the vaccines too early because then you have people that won't be protected at the end of flu season.

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I believe that everyone, no matter what age, should get a flu vaccine, ... This is the best way to protect yourself.

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That is because the spray is a live-form of the flu.

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We have already talked to our distributor and we will be getting the needed number of vaccines, ... There will not be any shortage that we are aware of that could possibly limit the number of people who will be able to receive a vaccine.

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We don't have our vaccines in yet but we expect them to come in soon, ... But even if we were to get them in today, we wouldn't feel safe distributing them until around the last week of October.

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