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Flu Season is Here

Flu Season is Here

Flu is on the rise in Northeast Texas with an uptick of patience seeing local clinics. The primary strain of Flu in our area is the type A strain. According to Medical News Today, “Influenza A viruses cause seasonal flu epidemics practically every year in the United States. They can infect humans and animals. Influenza A is the only type that can cause a pandemic, which is a global spread of disease. Bird flu and swine flu pandemics both resulted from influenza A viruses.”

Oscar Olin and Minerva Rachel Byler McKinney

Oscar Olin McKinney, also known as C. O. McKinney, was born 23 July 1896 in the Turkey Creek Community in Cass County, Texas. He was the tenth child of Mary Ann “Molly” Duck and Lemuel Meredy “Bud” McKinney. Oscar attended school in a oneroom school across the road from the Turkey Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Like a lot of young men, Oscar enjoyed the practical joke. Often neighbors were on the receiving end of his jokes.

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