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Crane Hill resident Ron Edwards receives a seasonal flu vaccine shot from RN Sandra Bates late Monday morning at the Cullman County Health Department vaccination clinic. Trent Moore
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Add a comment on this storyHelped by a steady stream of people all morning, a flu clinic at the Cullman County Health Department ran out of seasonal flu doses in less than five hours Monday.
“The clinic went very well and we gave out all the vaccines we had,” health department clinic supervisor Crystal Page said. “We had at least 700 doses to give out and we were finished by lunch time. We had a really good response.”
Page said she does not expect her office to receive anymore shipments of the seasonal flu vaccine.
“It is possible, but I don’t anticipate getting more,” she said. “There are probably some people who still want one, but we really had trouble getting doses this year.”
If any people are still seeking a seasonal flu vaccine, Page said the best chance would be to check with a local physician or pharmacist.
The shortage in seasonal flu vaccines is due to manufactures being asked to stop production of the seasonal vaccine and start producing the new H1N1 swine flu vaccines, Page said.
“They have had to gear up to do the H1N1 vaccine, so that is probably taxing the resources to get it out in a timely manner,” she said.
A firm schedule as to when the Cullman area will receive H1N1 swine flu vaccines has yet to be established.
The local health department has been working with both the Cullman city and county school systems on a plan to disseminate the H1N1 vaccine to students in schools by the end of October. Due to the delay in attaining vaccines, Page said that plan could now be pushed.
“The plan was to get that started by the end of October, but it may be delayed,” she said. “There have been some issues with getting enough of the injectables.”
* Trent Moore can be reached by e-mail at trentm@cullmantimes.com, or by telephone at 734-2131, ext. 225.
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