Tulsa, OK- H1N1 vaccinations will be given out Tuesday from 2-7 p.m. at the Expo Exchange Center.
All members of the public are invited.
While some reports show cases of the flu have peaked in Oklahoma, experts warn against complacency and urge everyone, especially those considered at-risk for the virus or pregnant women, to get vaccinated.
"We could end up with a disease that could end up hospitalizing more people and kill more people," said Patrick Hilton, an epidemiologist for the Tulsa Health Department who knows all about viruses.
"Viruses are constantly in flux," said Hilton. "There are constant mutations, they've got so many generations going on so quickly."
The concern among many health experts right now is the announcement made by Duke University, that four patients tested positive for a type of H1N1 that seems to be resistant to the popular flu treatment Tamiflu.
"You would expect to see some Tamiflu resistance over time and we are seeing a limited amount of that already," he said. "Not enough for us to tell people not to take it or doctors/clinicians from using it. The recommendation is that in most cases it should be used."
But, Hilton says, when it comes to pandemics anything is possible, especially when you throw in the possibility of seasonal flu merging with H1N1.
"There is always some possibility that there could be mixing and changing and coming together. Yeah, that could all happen."
According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the number of flu cases seems to have leveled out. But, experts warn against a false sense of security.
"Now they can see that the number of cases has dropped off they may say 'I don't need to get it' We don't know what the virus is going to do at this point, we don't know when the next wave will come and how severe that might be."
