State prepared for flu outbreak

January 20, 2011

season, by virtue of the shot itself. so far, it's covered the three major strains that are out there. "used for anti cough ...that type of thing ...." coughing - it's the sound of the season. "it's fairly expected that the numbers of people with flu will go up in january and we did see that increase and it's being seen all over the country." the flu is in full swing and so are a lot of other viruses. "nat sound of pills being dispensed." "we've seen quite an increase in colds, flus, stomach flus - know that from the amount of antibiotics we are dispensing." the flu season is expected to peak this month and next. last year, h1n1 made a surprise appearance starting that fall. the difference now is that this year's flu shot includes h1n1 and the two other circulating strains. "we've seen swine flu and other types of flu. so far, on a national level, the types