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Sarahbeth Ackerman | 1/23/2013

As the flu is spreading, many people are taking precautions like getting the flu shot, while others are trying to bypass the needle by getting crafty. Penny Hamiliton at First District Health has seen the new homemade flu survival kits that are trending online.

Many people are stocking up on their vitamins and over the counter medicine trying to fight the flu.

But, Hamiliton said that everybody`s immune systems works differently and suggests getting a flu shot. "Maybe it works and maybe it doesn`t. We have no way of knowing. Maybe they wouldn`t have had the flu anyway, it depends. It is really an individual thing, whatever works for them."

Hamiliton said it`s not too late to get your flu shot.

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