Flu shots advised before cases spike

If you haven’t yet, it’s time to get a flu shot.

In the last two months of 2018, 855 Hays County residents tested positive for influenza, according to Eric Schneider, the county’s epidemiologist. That compares to 816 in the last two months of 2017.

However, Schneider pointed out, last January there was an “immense jump” in positive flu tests to 1,618. It’s unknown if that will recur this year but Schneider said the season is “definitely in full swing” here.