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Health Department urges people to be vaccinated
Or so, they said, in October.
But this year, with mild temperatures and the so-far mild influenza
season — at least when compared to the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza scare
— it seems the crowds waiting to receive this year’s flu shot have not
materialized.
And this has the St. Joseph County Health Department worried.
Thomas Felger, the physician who serves as the county health officer,
said concerns don’t seem to be as high this year about getting the
flu.
So far this flu season, the Centers for Disease Control report a
normal level of influenza across the country, but data show that about
3 percent of influenza A viruses found have been identified as the
H1N1 strain.
As of Monday, no strains of the H1N1 virus have yet been found in
Indiana, according to the state health department’s weekly report.
But even if the H1N1 virus isn’t found locally, Health Department
officials still worry that the low number of flu vaccines given out
this year means that more people will become ill once the height of
Or so, they said, in October.
But this year, with mild temperatures and the so-far mild influenza
season — at least when compared to the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza scare
— it seems the crowds waiting to receive this year’s flu shot have not
materialized.
And this has the St. Joseph County Health Department worried.
Thomas Felger, the physician who serves as the county health officer,
said concerns don’t seem to be as high this year about getting the
flu.
So far this flu season, the Centers for Disease Control report a
normal level of influenza across the country, but data show that about
3 percent of influenza A viruses found have been identified as the
H1N1 strain.
As of Monday, no strains of the H1N1 virus have yet been found in
Indiana, according to the state health department’s weekly report.
But even if the H1N1 virus isn’t found locally, Health Department
officials still worry that the low number of flu vaccines given out
this year means that more people will become ill once the height of
