UIHC Chief Medical Officer Warns Don’t Be Complacent About Getting Flu Shot

(Iowa City, IA) The chief medical officer for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is warning everyone to not be complacent about getting a flu shot.  Theresa Brennan says the U-I-H-C diagnosed more than 150 cases of the flu last week.  “In general we wouldn’t start to see these numbers until into December,” Brennan says. “So it is early. And when we see the early spread, we worry that it’s going to be higher spread.”  Brennan says she worries that people won’t get a flu shot this year because the flu season last year didn’t see many cases, and they think it’s not necessary.