“As community members you are urged to please practice good personal hygiene habits that help control the spread of all disease; wash your hands often, restrict touching your face especially your eyes and mouth, cover your coughs and sneezes,” Cowley County Public Health Officer Thomas Langer said in a news release. “If you are ill please stay home and contact your health care provider. Influenza, colds, and now dust, pollen and smoke are all present in our current daily environments and each can cause respiratory distress. Please do not overreact and panic.”