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Author Re: More Flu Vaccine Delays: Please BEG -- NOT!
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2005-10-17, 6:02 pm


<nospam@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On 14 Oct 2005 07:40:12 -0700, "Mr-Natural-Health"
> <johngohde@naturalhealthperspective.com> wrote:

...>
> I had an appointment with my doctor last Tuesday to get a flu shot. When
> I got
> there they said they could not give me the flu shot that day although they
> had
> them available. I have another appointment in November for the shot.
>
> I wonder what is going on.
>
> Ora


You may not be in a high risk group. The only ones getting the flu vaccine
until Oct. 24th are those in certain groups (like a pair of high school kids
I know, one has asthma and the other has a genetic heart condition), from
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/0506supply.htm :

The following are the priority groups which should be targeted to receive
inactivated influenza vaccine (i.e., the flu shot) prior to October 24,
2005:

a.. persons aged 65 years and older, with and without chronic health
conditions
b.. residents of long-term care facilities
c.. persons aged 2-64 years with chronic health conditions
d.. children aged 6-23 months
e.. pregnant women
f.. health-care personnel who provide direct patient care
g.. household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of children aged <6
months


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