Flu

Pass the Purell, please.

Can we actually get the flu from getting a flu shot? Not according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Like a lot of you out there, I've been hit by the bug pretty hard.

The 2017-2018 flu season is off to an early start in Missouri.

Although maybe more serious stuff like Ebola is on everyone’s mind these days, health care professionals contend a more immediate and likely concern is the onset of the flu season.

This morning, I had an opportunity to talk to JoAnn Martin, the Administrator of the Pettis County Health Center, about the upcoming flu season and the new vaccine that the center is recommending this year.

There has been a lot of talk about the flu lately.  The CDC has called it an epidemic.  Doug posted a list of places you can get your flu shot if you would like one.  I haven't gotten mine and don't intend to.  I'm knocking on wood as I type this, but I haven't gotten the flu shot in over 20 years and I've been fine.  It is your choice though.

The flu season has run rampant across the country this year and the season continues on.  Many people are trying to get a flu shot and are finding that they are hard to find.  The CDC distributes them almost as much as they are used up.  JoAnn Martin of the Pettis County Health Center pointed out that as of last Friday (Jan. 11) there were very little if not any vaccines in Pettis County.  However

Unless you’ve been hiding out under the covers shivering, nursing a fever and clutching your achy bones, you probably know this has been a brutal flu season. What you may not know is there are measures you can take to avoid the flu -- and most of them are pretty darned simple. So, what are they?