It's a virus that can be deadly, and with the weather getting colder, many of you may be staying inside increasing your chances of spreading germs.

We bring you more on the beginning of flu season.

Doctors haven't seen many cases of influenza yet, but they know the peak is quickly approaching.

Pharmacists have their shelves stocked and ready to go.

"Flu is a virus that spreads once a year, and each year the flu vaccines do come out in October to the November period," said Daniel Emery, a Pharmacist at Walgreens on Nashville Road. "You can get them up through the first of the year."

Each year the Centers for Disease Control tracks the flu virus from Japan to the United States, according to Emery.

This determines which type of the virus will hit closer to home, and how the vaccine should be made to combat the virus.

"We've given over a hundred flu shots here at this store," said Emery. "Between the two stores it's been a lot of people."

So as long as you are not already seeing symptoms, it's not too late to get your flu shot.

"Especially the elderly, people with pneumonia and breathing problems, young children," said Emery. "We are not doing young children flu shots here, but I do encourage young children to get those especially with asthma."

If do get the flu, pharmacists say many doctors prescribe Tamiflu.

"So far we have not seen a lot of Tamiflu, but we do have it in stock and ready to go when needed," said Emery.

And the reason they haven't seen as many prescriptions yet is because the flu isn't quite here.

"Probably in the next few weeks," said Emery. "We're starting to see a few scripts here and there, but not a lot. Just around the corner though."

According to the CDC, each state in the country is still either classified as sporadic activity or no activity.

Kentucky falls under no activity, meaning there aren't enough cases to even be able to say the flu season has come to our state, but pharmacies are prepared.

"Last year we did a lot of Tamiflu," said Emery. "January seemed like the peak time in early February, so especially around those months. December you can start seeing a lot of them, but January's the most peak time for flu."

For more information on the CDC and flu season click here.