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City Lays Out Plan For H1N1 Flu Vaccinations by Ryan ZumMallen | Archive | 10.29.09 |
+ Leaders in the Long Beach health community met yesterday at the Department of Health and Human Services, to introduce a unified plan for battling a potential influenza outbreak with a special focus on the H1N1 Virus. City Health Officer Dr. Helene Calvet said that the city has received 20,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccination, and has ordered more. A free community vaccination clinic will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center on Saturday, November 7 (9:00am-4:00pm), where members of the community may receive free vaccinations to protect themselves from the H1N1 virus. People interested in receiving the vaccinations, however, must fall into one of the following categories:
"Unfortunately, people are going to be unhappy if they're turned away so we're trying to get the word out to just not come," she said. Dr. Calvet also noted that the Health Department has been following difficulties that other cities have had with shortages of the vaccine. "We have been following L.A.'s problems, and we expect to have problems of our own," she said. There is not yet a timetable for Long Beach to receive additional orders of the vaccine, but Dr. Calvet said that additional clinics will be scheduled as more vaccines arrive. Long Beach Unified School District spokesman Chris Eftychiou announced that the district will hold two free clinics for students (aged 3-18) to receive vaccinations. The clinics are not restricted to LBUSD students. Those dates are as follows:
Representatives from each of the four major hospitals in Long Beach attended to present a unified message. Employees at St. Mary's Medical Center, Long Beach Memorial, Pacific Hospital and Community Hospital of Long Beach will all be asked to receive the vaccine. Those who do not will be asked to wear protective masks, in an effort to stop the spread of influenza throughout hospitals. The hospitals are also asking all children below the age of 16 to not visit hospitals unless they are seeking care, because they are most at risk of contracting the virus. More than 150 local health care providers have registered to receive the vaccination, and Dr. Calvet advised patients to follow up with their providers to find out when the vaccine will arrive. More info to come...
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Henry Salzer I would like to see the "big" guys having this vacine first. According with stadistics, the vaccine is more negative than possitive and people that were not "sick" they are dying after having been applyied the vaccine on them. So if Mr. "I'll be back" gets the vaccine first and does not die in a couple of months then I guess is OK to provide it to the public. Concerned Parent Two four hour clinics at two Long Beach Schools - to treat ALL the children in LB - NOT ONLY the ones who go to LBUSD schools, or if they attend school at all. And exactly how many children do you think that might be? And exactly how many actual vaccinations/ injections will there actually be available? Great planning... Leslie Mr. Salzer, you are saying people are dying after getting the vaccine? I have never heard this. Where do you get your info from? David Follow the money! The big hysteria about swine flu is really about the potential for pharmaceuticals to rake in $7 billion. Since that amount is about 10% of the drug industry's collective profit for 2008, it is easy to see why there is so much fear-mongering about swine flu. The drug companies can make 10% of their annual profit without even having to advertise - - they can let the government and big media do it for them. Except for the weak and vulnerable, it is far better to spend a couple of days in bed than to inject an untested witches brew into your body. Besides, any flu you catch is much more likely to be the garden variety, not H1N1. In California, there were 13,704 flu samples submitted for testing, and only 2% were H1N1. For more information, see the following websites: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Obama-Declares-Swine-Flu-Emergency.aspx National Vaccine Information Center http://www.nvic.org/ ELB Grandparent Two four hour clinics are not nearly enough... and why not at Lakewood, Millikan and/or Wilson?
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