Some schools in the area are having higher than average absentee rates, and officials say the flu may be to blame. Teutopolis Superintendent Bill Fritcher says their schools had a high number of kids out sick with a flu-like bug last week, they're just now starting to get back to normal. The chief medical officer at HSHS St. Anthony's in Effingham, Dr. Ryan Jennings, says the flu is spreading like crazy. Effingham County Health Department director Rebecca Merten says the flu vaccine takes two weeks to be effective. So if you haven't gotten it yet, NOW is the time.
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