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Talk Line 09-24-2026: LCHD's Jenny Conderman talks flu shot clinics · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Hey there, Sauk Valley. Welcome back to The Waking Crew
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  Speaker 1: here on FM 95.1 and AM 1460 WIXN. It's 8.36
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  Speaker 1: on your Thursday morning, and as promised, it's time for
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  Speaker 1: your second dose of talk line. This time, our good
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  Speaker 1: friends from the Lee County Health Department joining us. Jenny
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  Speaker 1: Conderman here. How are you today, Jenny?
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  Speaker 2: I'm well. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm very good. It's always a pleasant and sunny-skied morning
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  Speaker 1: here inside the station. Thank you. But you're joining us
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  Speaker 1: here today because as the colder weather sets in, flu
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  Speaker 1: is usually on everybody's minds and usually coming out of
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  Speaker 1: our noses and mouths. And thankfully, you folks over at
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Health Department are here to help us.
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  Speaker 1: You've got a couple of clinics coming up that can
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  Speaker 1: help with that, right? Yes, we do.
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  Speaker 2: We have some clinics throughout our county. So I would
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  Speaker 2: just like to mention what clinics we are going to
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  Speaker 2: be having.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect. Where are those going to be and when exactly
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  Speaker 1: are they happening?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so we have four clinics scheduled. Our first clinic
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  Speaker 2: is actually right around the corner. That's going to be
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  Speaker 2: September 28th at Lee County Council on Aging from 9
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  Speaker 2: to noon.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: And then October 8th, we are going to be here
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  Speaker 2: on site at Lee County Health Department, and that's going
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  Speaker 2: to be.
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  Speaker 1: A 2 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: To 6 p.m. clinic. Our third clinic that we have
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  Speaker 2: scheduled is October 16th, and that is at Amboy Fire Department,
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  Speaker 2: and that clinic is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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  Speaker 2: And our last clinic that we have scheduled, we're going
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  Speaker 2: to be at Paw Paw, Paw Paw Community Center from
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  Speaker 2: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on October 20th.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect. A couple of different, you've got different time options,
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  Speaker 1: different location options depending where you are in Lee County.
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  Speaker 1: That's fantastic. But how do folks sign up, Jenny?
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  Speaker 2: So all of our clinics are on a walk-in basis.
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  Speaker 2: There's no appointment necessary, so you just walk into any
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  Speaker 2: of these locations during the time frame that I've given,
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  Speaker 2: and then you can get your flu shot and get protected.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect. Any cost?
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  Speaker 2: So we take insurance, so we can submit insurance, Medicare, Medicaid,
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  Speaker 2: private insurance. We do have some programs, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: the person doesn't have insurance or if their insurance doesn't
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  Speaker 2: fully cover the vaccine, then it would just be a
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  Speaker 2: very minimal cost of $ 15 for an administration fee.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect. That is a low cost to have yourself safe
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  Speaker 1: and covered for the flu season because these things start
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  Speaker 1: to get nasty and the last thing you want is
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  Speaker 1: to have the kiddos out of school or yourself out
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  Speaker 1: of work for several days because you didn't do your
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  Speaker 1: due diligence. And you guys have plenty of options to
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  Speaker 1: get that taken care of.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we sure do.
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  Speaker 1: And if anybody wanted any more information maybe on this
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  Speaker 1: or what the Lee County Health Department provides, what would
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  Speaker 1: be the best way for them to go about that?
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  Speaker 2: Just give us a call. Call 815-284-3371. and just ask
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  Speaker 2: about any of the flu shot clinics. Also, if anybody
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  Speaker 2: cannot make one of the flu shot clinics that I
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  Speaker 2: spoke of, you can actually just call and you can
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  Speaker 2: get on our immunization clinic schedule. So if you can't
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  Speaker 2: make this clinic, that's okay. If one of these clinics,
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  Speaker 2: that's okay. We will get you in and get you
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  Speaker 2: protected by just getting you on our schedule at that point.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. You've got several options. Even if you
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  Speaker 1: can't make these clinics, the Lee County Health Department has
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  Speaker 1: you covered. Jenny, thank you so much for coming on
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  Speaker 1: the show this morning, sharing this information, and for all
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  Speaker 1: the hard work that you and the folks over at
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  Speaker 1: Lee County Health Department do to keep us all healthy.
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  Speaker 1: We certainly appreciate it and look forward to future updates.
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  Speaker 2: You're very welcome. Thank you for having me this morning.