Public Health encourages vaccination as respiratory illnesses circulate

By Lauren Bolton ADLC Public Health Director Every year around this time, we start reminding people to get their annual flu vaccine. This year, that reminder feels particularly timely. A-DLC Public Health has already received reports of influenza cases in our community. We are not seeing large numbers locally, and a few cases certainly can’t tell us what the rest of the season will look like. But we are seeing influenza earlier than we typically would, and that follows what is happening nationally. Flu activity remains relatively low across the country, but it has been increasing in many states. If…