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Health officials urging early flu shots
Vaccine tweaked to cover more strains
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The Barton County Health Department offered flu shots at the 2017 Great Bend Tribune Womens Expo last September. Health officials are recommending folks get the flu shot as early as August. - photo by Tribune file photo
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are recommending getting influenza shots early this year, as early as August, Barton County Health Director Shelley Schneider said. “They have reformulated the vaccine to hopefully cover the strains from last year,” she said. The 2017-18 vaccine missed a couple flu varieties that cropped up during the flu season.