By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

It is time once again to start thinking about getting a flu shot.

At Monday’s Ellis County Commission meeting, members of the commission and the audience got their flu shot through the county health department.

Ellis County Health Administrator Kerry McCue said there have already been four confirmed reports of influenza in Ellis County.

“Two influenza A and two influenza B,” McCue said. “This is very early for us, we usually don’t see those until late December (or) January.”

The county health department is providing flu shots at the county health department at 601 Main in Hays. The department also has hosted 14 clinics.

McCue said they initially ordered 750 doses of the vaccine and have already ordered 600 doses. He added they might need to add another round of the vaccine.

People who have already received the flu shot and would have preferred to receive the high-dosage are not encouraged to get the flu shot until later in the flu season, according to McCue.

The virus contained in this year’s vaccination is dead and last year’s flu virus.

If you are allergic to eggs, it is recommended that officials not give you that flu shot, according to McCue.