KENTUCKY (WKYT) – Flu season is starting early in Kentucky, and state health officials say they are already seeing more flu activity than they did at this time last year.
Dr. Steven Stack said the flu can cause fever, body aches and exhaustion.
“The flu is a miserable disease for most people. They can have high fever, 104 degrees or more. You can have full body aches, and just feel absolutely crummy, right? So it’s something none of us really want to get,” Stack said.
Cases higher than last year
The state said weekly lab-confirmed flu detections were more than 20 times higher than the same week last year…