The local health department offered the vaccines in three shifts. A total of 637 vaccines were administered, said Bobby Parker, public information officer for VDH.
No one was turned away Monday, Parker said. A total of 1,000 vaccines had been made available for the clinic, which meant 363 were not used.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires that each person receiving the H1N1 vaccine also receive a safety information sheet, Thompson said.
Each person getting vaccinated also received a card that contained the lot number of the vaccine and the manufacturer “so you know, and your doctor knows,” what was administered, Thompson said.
Parker said health officials provide information about the manufacturer to “try to reassure people about the process” and safety of the vaccine.
“There’s been so much hype” about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine, Thompson said, adding she has heard the same stories as everyone else: The vaccines were rushed to production and market.
But, she said, the vaccines are made by the same manufacturer that produces the regular flu vaccine.
Vaccines aimed at disease prevention are like insurance, she said. “You either have it or you don’t.”
“I believe in vaccines. I trust what the doctors tell me,” Parker said. “It’s riskier not to take it.”
Thompson encouraged those receiving the vaccine Monday “to eat and drink like a pig” afterward. “No pun intended,” she added, referring to H1N1’s common name, swine flu.
Parker was not sure when vaccines will become available for people who are not in the high risk groups. The state is ordering as many vaccines as it can, he said, but shipments remain hard to predict.
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