Despite a delay while unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., argued over messaging and content, the West Virginia Department of Health has finally been able to release its annual respiratory vaccine guidelines for health care providers and patients.

That is a relief to health care professionals who had been worried about having the guidance they needed to properly advise patients about how to stay healthier and safer.

“We have had so much different messaging given to us, much different information. People saying this. People saying that. We didn’t have a set group of guidelines that we could use,” Dr. Michael Kilkenny told WV MetroNews.

Kilkenny, who is the physician director for the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, said the release is about a month behind what is normal.

“The

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