Next H1N1 vaccine clinic set for Nov. 4

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Delivering as promised, the Stoddard County Public Health Center will be holding a second H1N1 flu vaccine clinic on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Bloomfield center.

According to Director Debbie Pleimling, Wednesday's clinic will offer the vaccine to children from six months of age to 18 years and unlike the clinic held last week, both the FluMist and the injectable types of vaccines will be available.

"If a child qualifies for the FluMist type of vaccine," says Amy Hector, R.N. at SCPHC, then they will be given the mist. Those who qualify are children from two to 18 years of age with no chronic medical conditions."

Children under the age of two will be administered the injectable vaccine, Hector says.

Hector serves as coordinator for the upcoming clinic and states that the injectable H1N1 vaccine will also be available to pregant women at this clinic, with a doctor's order.

The clinic is scheduled to operate from 8 a.m. until noon and again from 1-4 p.m.

Hector confirms that another clinic is in the planning stage, but no date has yet been established, to serve adults age 19 through 64 with chronic medical conditions, with the H1N1 vaccine. Details regarding that clinic will be published as soon as they are released.

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This makes NO SENSE.....this clinic is for school age children and is being held DURING school hours. I know that if I took my children out of our school, they will be counted as absent for the time they are gone (ruins a perfect attendence record because leaving school 15 mins early counts against them). This needs to be held either in the evening or on a Saturday, and schedule appointment times or blocks to help reduce wait times.

-- Posted by awampangle on Sun, Nov 1, 2009, at 8:20 AM

School is out at 3 and the clinic is open until 4pm so maybe one could make it there by then,hopefully.Doesn't look like theres another choice

-- Posted by MOGAL on Sun, Nov 1, 2009, at 8:25 AM

Look at the folks in Washington state, long lines and not enough vaccine. First come, first served...better let the kids skip school that day just to stand in line.

-- Posted by bobby wayne on Sun, Nov 1, 2009, at 3:31 PM

Also know for a fact that some of the vaccines first used for workers at the clinic were also given to their "friends." This is when they claimed they did not have any (they didn't unless they chose to give you one).

-- Posted by mobrigade on Mon, Nov 2, 2009, at 11:21 AM

We had another session here in Abilene yesterday..there were only another 200 vaccines available and given to kids first come first serve...Abilene has a population of approximately 16,000.

-- Posted by BarbaraNTexas on Tue, Nov 3, 2009, at 8:35 AM