Where was this vaccine made....??
Parents of healthy toddlers ages 2 to 4 in Richmond and Columbia counties will get a chance to get their child vaccinated Monday against the novel influenza A H1N1 virus, the East Central Health District announced Thursday.
Richmond County will hold its H1N1 clinic at 950 Laney-Walker Blvd. beginning at 8:30 a.m. until its 1,100 doses have been distributed. Columbia County will distribute vaccine at Evans Clinic at 616 Government Way from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Columbia County received about 600 doses of the H1N1 vaccine. The vaccine was distributed according to population and the Georgia Division of Public Health is asking health departments to concentrate on that 2- to 4-year-old age group first.
"I have had a lot of interest in the H1N1, but not for this age group," said Columbia County nurse manager Linda Graves. Teresa Catlett, the clinical nursing director for Richmond County Health Department, also is not sure what to expect.
The first vaccine is delivered into the nose and it is approved for healthy people 2 to 49 years old. It cannot be given to children younger than 5 who have had one or more episodes of wheezing in the past year, for instance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that 32 percent of children ages 2 to 4 received a seasonal flu vaccine last flu season, which is about the average for all ages last season.
Though there is a limited number of doses this time, the vaccine is expected to roll out in batches as it becomes available, and this will be the first of many clinics to come, said Melba McNorrill, the child health and immunization coordinator for the East Central Health District.
"This is just the first of many shipments," she said. The CDC is expected to update H1N1 vaccine availability today.
Reach Tom Corwin at (706) 823-3213 or tom.corwin@augustachronicle.com.
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Where was this vaccine made....??
I would think long and hard about having my child take this vaccine..or anyone in my family, for that matter. They've quickly massed manufactured it and I am leary that they have not researched it's side-effects well enough. Besides, this H1N1 is not the bug they thought it was. Hopefully whoever does take it has discussed it with their KNOWLEDGEABLE physician.
they have been going on and on and on and on and on and on and on about this stupid swine flu thing since this past March. i think its all a bunch of hype and garbage, myself, because if it is really such a nasty flu, wouldn't they have begun the vaccine-making process back then instead of waiting until Sept-Oct to decide they need it? i don't take flu shots, no matter what strain is being touted, simply cause i'd rather catch whatever it is and get over it on my own than depend on vaccines that come from china, where, if you all remember correctly, they added rat poison to the dog food they were selling us. what kind of goodies might you imagine them adding to a vaccine for the flu?
Y'all don't worry, soldout will be along presently to straighten us all out about it.....bwhahahaha
good comments; doesn't hurt to know the pros and cons. Pretty good info at www.drtenpenny.com
ahsan: what, me worry, when the government has me in their safe and loving hands?
This is all to generate funds. It we all look at the cost of this vaccine per person and how awful they have spread the fear you will realize that this is a huge money making venture. Now we need to look and see who is profitting from this fear??????
this shot has not been around long enough for me or my family members to take...
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