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October 23, 2009 in City, Idaho
Swine flu vaccination clinic set for Saturday
N. Idaho counterpart fills in five hours
Details of the H1N1 vaccination clinic Oct. 24 at the Spokane Arena.
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While Spokane’s public health district is offering a big swine flu vaccination clinic today at the Spokane Arena, the agency’s counterpart in Idaho said it took just five hours to fill all 1,500 appointments available for vaccinations in North Idaho.
Panhandle Health District offered its 1,500 doses of H1N1 vaccine by appointment to people in the most high-risk groups.
Phone lines opened at 9 a.m. Thursday and all appointments were filled by 2 p.m., the health district said in a news release Friday.
“Demand for the vaccine was so heavy that eight to 10 appointment lines stayed busy constantly and some callers waited more than 30 minutes on hold for an open operator,” the release said.
The Panhandle district won’t offer additional clinics until the agency gets more vaccine later this fall.
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Dinosaur Man on October 23 at 7:15 p.m.
Don’t do it folks, the vaccine is no good for you. Stand up for your rights and don’t give in to the H1N1 propaganda, the vaccine is far worse for you than the this man made flu ever will be.
ChefGus/ John Olsen on October 23 at 7:37 p.m.
I have not taken any flu vaccine sicne 1976 or so… the last “Swine Flu” go round…. my dear friend got Guillien Barre’ (sp) and ended up on a gurney in the Emergency Room with Ascending Paralysis ………and almost died….. i’ll take my chances with the quakes and shakes of the flu…. ( my age precludes vaccination any way.. i’m 65 next time)… I’ve had NO flu shots since 1976 and two minor bouts…. three or four days down flat with a fever and liptons chicken soup and gatorade…… the “fear” around the flu is justified for the younger folks…. no immunity… but the way this has been handled seems not good to me.. dr john
stephymariebrown on October 23 at 8:49 p.m.
Can’t people think about anyone other than themselves. My child has no immune system due to being treated for Leukemia. H1N1 would kill her. We are all done with treatment in January and have been at it for about 3 years. She is 4 now….but yeah..don’t get it for what it might do to YOU.
zelda on October 23 at 9:56 p.m.
The health of a community depends on a sufficient number of people being vaccinated in order to protect the most vulnerable and the unvaccinated.
Stephymariebrown is right — it’s not all about you. Folks your age could come down with H1N1 that might be so mild as to be barely noticeable, but they’d still be shedding virus and transmitting disease all around them.
So step up, ChefGus, and do MORE for at-risk people in Spokane.
madscientist on October 24 at 7:55 a.m.
dinosaurman, where is your data? the people that have died after getting the h1n1 families how bad the vaccine is. beat the would love to have had a vaccinne. stop being so arrougant