Is getting a flu shot one of your New Year’s resolutions?
It should be. Influenza continues to sicken more people across the region and the number of lab-confirmed influenza cases reported last week is elevated.
Credit: PhotoSpin For the past two months, the number of local lab-confirmed flu cases has been steadily increasing week to week, the County Health and Human Services Agency reported today.
Credit: PhotoSpin Through Dec. 10, a total of 291 cases of influenza had been reported in the county, 113 more than at the same time last season.
Flu activity typically starts to increase during the holidays. That’s why County health officials are encouraging people to get vaccinated now.
The County is sponsoring clinics throughout the region where you can get vaccinated against the flu.
“Science has proven over and over again that [vaccines] are safer than the diseases they protect us against.”
