If you haven’t gotten your flu shot, you’re encouraged to do so before high flu traffic from elsewhere across the country comes to Kansas.
Lyon County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Director Jennifer Millbern says it’s an early start to the flu season nationally.
Several states — Alabama, the Carolinas, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia — and the District of Columbia are at the highest level of flu activity on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scale released Thursday. Flu traffic is moderate to high in states bordering Kansas.
Despite the current trends and previous indications this would be a rough flu season, Millbern says flu vaccinations are lagging now. She encourages residents to get their flu shots now before flu traffic increases in the next few weeks.
