Barton County Health Department Director Shelly Schneider was scheduled to speak at the Oct. 8 meeting of the Great Bend Noon Kiwanis, but had to cancel when a patient with the Ebola virus died in Texas. While Schneider sat in on a national preparedness teleconference with the White House and Centers for Disease Control, Melissa Hagerman, immunization nurse at the county health department, took her place at the Kiwanis meeting.Schneider later told the Great Bend Tribune that she has confidence in the steps being taking to keep this country safe from Ebola, which is good news.Hagerman’s message, however, hits closer to home. She had advice for virtually everyone in Barton County.Get a flu shot.Seriously.