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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:05 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Forbes.com


CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive

Total should near 42 million by week's end; more health-care workers getting vaccine

TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has 31.8 million H1N1 flu vaccine doses available and is on track to have another 10 million ready by week's end, a federal health...

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The health department has cautioned people travelling to countries with high rates of H1N1 flu to be on high alert.Once a total of 100 cases of swine flu have been ... - [11/04/2009 - Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy]
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"We're having a steady increase in the availability of vaccine, but not nearly as rapidly as we would have liked" Dr. Thomas Frieden...
CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive [Forbes.com - 11/03/2009]
...teleconference. "That is encouraging, but it is not nearly as much as we would like. We realize it is frustrating and inconvenient [to patients and to physicians]. As public health professionals, it is frustrating because, in part, many people who seek the vaccine will not get vaccinated later. They might not come back. We ask people to continue to be persistent."
CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive [Forbes.com - 11/03/2009]
...Freiden said, "We regret it when there's any loss of vaccine, but when you think that we now have 30 million doses out there, and we've only had a few examples of improper handling that led to the vaccines having to be discarded, this type of thing is virtually inevitable and we're glad it's been relatively rare."
CDC Urges Patience As More Swine Flu Shots Arrive [Forbes.com - 11/03/2009]

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