Although H1N1 infections in Kansas are declining after a mid-October peak, the Centers for Disease Control still recommend people who have not yet done so be vaccinated.
Only 16 percent of Allen Countians have heeded that advice, said Public Health Nurse Wendy Froggatte of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department.
“It’s scary stuff,” Froggatte said of the odd strain of type A influenza that swept the country in fall.
Unlike seasonal flu, which tends to strike the elderly or health-impaired, H1N1 attacks those in otherwise good health.
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Flu still out there, CDC says
