Sep 17
Swine flu shots will be available soon, priority groups first
The federal government has decided that five priority groups should be first in line to receive the H1N1 vaccination. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the following people take precedence:
- Children and young adults through age 24
- People caring for infants under six months
- Pregnant women
- Health care workers
- People aged 25-64 with health conditions that put them at high risk of flu complications. Those conditions include cancer, blood disorders, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disorders, liver disease and neurological disorders such as muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis. People with weakened immune systems also get priority.
U.S. officials confirmed that the first doses of the vaccination should be available in early October. Shots made by four manufactures were approved in the U.S. on Monday.
Be sure to keep yourself and your family protected by getting a swine flu shot as soon as the vaccination arrives.
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September 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I really, really don’t want the flu, especially swine flu. I think it may a bit media hyped, but a bad flu can do seriously bad things to a person–including death. I’ll get this swine flu vaccine as soon as I can.
October 16th, 2009 at 6:16 am
H1N1 or Swine Flu is a bit scary but it’s a good thing to note that this virus is not very deadly.