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    N.B. health-care workers 1st to get flu shot

    Vaccination clinics will open Monday

    Last Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2009 | 11:56 AM AT Comments39Recommend10

    CBC News


    New Brunswick health-care workers will be the first in Canada to roll up their sleeves and get the swine flu shot starting Thursday.

    The Health Department said it will begin by vaccinating those workers who will be giving the shots to everybody else.

    Swine flu vaccination clinics will open on Monday, Dr. Eilish Cleary, the province's chief medical officer of health, announced Thursday.

    Cleary said that once the health-care workers are immunized, shots will be then be given to First Nation communities and school-age children.

    "Clinics will then be extended to other higher-risk groups, followed by the public. We ask for the public's patience and co-operation as we move through the vaccinations of these groups," she said in the release.

    Other high risk groups are preganant women and people with chronic illlnesses such as diabetes and asthma.

    Clinic listings will be posted online at www.gnb.ca/flu or be available by calling 1-800-580-0038.

    The province got its first shipment of H1N1 vaccine Wednesday, receiving 83,000 doses of the 600,000 ordered. Another 40,000 doses are expected to arrive Friday.

    "One of the benefits of the vaccinators vaccinating themselves today is that they will be working through the process of mixing the vaccine, making sure we have the flow in the clinics right so when people show up, everything will hum like a well-oiled machine," Dr. Paul Buyunder, deputy chief medical officer of health, said at a news conference.

    "So, we think waiting until Monday is very prudent and probably as quickly as we could do this."

    Buynder said that pregnant women are advised to wait two weeks before getting a shot because another version of the vaccine is on the way.

    Cleary also said that a stock of the antiviral Tamiflu would be released Monday for treatment of those ill with the flu.

    "This means that Tamiflu will be available at pharmacies to treat H1N1 flu for all New Brunswickers with a prescription from a doctor, free of charge.

    Your physician or nurse practitioner will determine whether antivirals are an appropriate treatment option in your specific case."

    The province expects to have the vaccination program completed by December.

    Hundreds of retired nurses and nursing students have been hired or reassigned to deliver more than 600,000 shots of the swine flu vaccine, which is enough to inoculate 75 per cent of the province?s residents.

    New Brunswick public health officials will give more details Thursday on how the immunization program will proceed. They estimate 30 per cent of the population will be affected by swine flu.

    Dates and locations for vaccination clinics will be posted on the government website starting Thursday. There will also be a media blitz launched on television, radio and in newspapers to get the message out that everyone should get a flu shot.
    Information sessions

    Public information sessions will be held in Saint John, St. Stephen, Sussex and Miramichi over the next few days.

    The first session will be held Thursday night in Saint John.

    The province?s largest school district, with more than 16,000 students, announced Wednesday that its pupils will start getting the vaccine on Nov. 2.

    Gregg Ingersol, director of education for school district 2, said the clinics will move throughout the district's 38 schools until Dec. 12.

    Parents are receiving information on the vaccine as well as a consent form to sign allowing their children to be given a shot.
    Refer to Health Department information

    Ingersol said he's concerned that some people are relying on questionable internet sites for their decision to refuse the vaccine.

    "You know young people, they start blogging with each other and talking about it. So, a lot of the information that they're getting may or may not be the right information," he said.

    "I would always refer them back to what the Department of Health is saying as their main source of information."

    Ingersol said parents with children in kindergarten to Grade 2 will be asked to accompany them for the flu shot.

    Teachers will be able to get the vaccine, he said, once all the children in the school have had their shots.


    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    Re: New Brunswick - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

    H1N1 clinic postponements / Update - Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m. (09/11/07)

    NB 1765
    Nov. 7, 2009

    FREDERICTON (CNB) - The following list of H1N1 immunization clinics will not be running as originally advertised. This list of postponements is issued by the Department of Health in co-operation with Regional Health Authorities on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.


    Acadie-Bathurst area
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Terry Fox Elementary School, 155 Basin St., Bathurst
    • Nov. 9: 3:30 - 8 p.m., ?cole Carrefour ?tudiant, 595 ?cole St., Bathurst
    • Nov. 10: School hours, ?cole L'Escale-des-Jeunes, 2930 Morais St., Bas-Caraquet
    • Nov. 10: 3:30 - 8 p.m., ?cole Cit? de l'Amiti?, 1300 St-Joseph Ave., Bathurst
    • Nov. 10: 3:30 - 8 p.m., ?cole La-Rivi?re, 1129 Route 11, Pokemouche
    • Nov. 12: 3:30 - 8 p.m., ?cole La Passerelle, 5067 Route 160, Pont-Landry
    • Nov. 12: 3:30 - 8 p.m., ?cole La Crois?e, 1341 Robertville Rd., Robertville
    • Nov. 12: School hours, ?cole La Passerelle, 5067 Route 160, Pont-Landry
    • Nov. 13: school hours, ?cole L?andre-LeGresley, 261 Acadie St., Grande-Anse
    • Nov. 13: School hours, ?cole Le Maillon, 916 Saint-Joseph Blvd., Saint-L?olin
    Edmundston area
    • Nov. 10: 1 - 7 p.m., Club d'?ge d'Or, 658 Main St., Saint-Basile
    • Nov. 11: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Public Health, 131 Pleasant St., Grand Falls
    • Nov. 13: 1 - 7 p.m., Club d'?ge d'Or, 676 Principale St., Clair
    • Nov. 14: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Salle du Citoyen, 4 Saint-Jean St., Kedgwick
    • Nov. 14: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Club ?ge d'Or St-Basile, 658 Principale St., St-Basile
    Fredericton area
    • Nov. 7: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Leo Hayes High School, 499 Cliffe St., Fredericton
    • Nov. 8: 1 - 7 p.m., Leo Hayes High School, 499 Cliffe St., Fredericton
    • Nov. 9: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Oromocto High School, 25 MacKenzie Ave., Oromocto
    • Nov. 9: 4 - 9 p.m., Oromocto High School, 25 MacKenzie Ave., Oromocto
    • Nov. 10: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Oromocto High School, 25 MacKenzie Ave., Oromocto
    • Nov. 10: 4 - 9 p.m., Oromocto High School, 25 MacKenzie Ave., Oromocto
    Miramichi area
    • Nov. 8: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Baie Sainte-Anne Health Clinic, 13 de l'?glise St., Baie Sainte-Anne
    • Nov. 8: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Blackville Public Health, 2 Shaffer Lane, Blackville
    • Nov. 8: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Neguac Public Health, 1175 Principale St., Neguac
    • Nov. 8: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Newcastle Lions Club, 324 Morrison Lane, Miramichi
    • Nov. 8: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Rogersville Clinic, 38 Ormes St., Rogersville
    • Nov. 11: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Baie Ste-Anne Health Clinic, 13 Church St., Baie Ste-Anne
    • Nov. 11: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Blackville Health Clinic, 2 Shaffer Lane, Blackville
    • Nov. 11: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Chatham Public Health, 1780 Water St., Miramichi
    • Nov. 11: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Newcastle Public Health, 300 Beaverbrook Rd., Miramichi
    • Nov. 11: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Neguac Public Health, 1175 Principale St., Neguac
    • Nov. 11: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Rogersville Health Clinic, 38 Ormes St., Rogersville
    Moncton area
    • Nov. 7: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., NBCC - Moncton campus, 1234 Mountain Rd., Moncton
    • Nov. 7: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Bonar Law Memorial School, 197 Main St., Rexton
    • Nov. 7: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Polyvalente Louis-J.-Robichaud, 435 Main St., Shediac
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., CCNB - Dieppe campus, 505 College St., Dieppe
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., ?cole Soleil Levant, 45 Morgan St., Richibucto
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., J.M.A. Armstrong/Salisbury Middle School, 55 Douglas St., Salisbury
    • Nov. 9: 6 - 9 p.m., ?cole Mont Carmel, 1545 Route 525, Sainte-Marie-de-Kent
    • Nov. 9: School hours, ?cole Mar?e Montante, 49 Coll?ge St., Saint-Louis-de-Kent
    • Nov. 9: School hours, ?cole Mgr-Marcel-Francois-Richard, 49 College St., Saint-Louis-de-Kent
    • Nov. 10: School hours, ?cole Cl?ment-Cormier, 37 Richard Ave., Bouctouche
    Saint John area
    • Nov. 7: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., St. Stephen High School, 9372 Route 3, Old Ridge
    • Nov. 7: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Kennebecasis Valley High School, 398 Hampton Rd., Rothesay
    • Nov. 7: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Simonds High School, 1490 Hickey Rd., Saint John
    • Nov. 7: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sussex Regional High School, 55 Leonard Dr., Sussex
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., St. Stephen High School, 9372 Route 3, Old Ridge
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Kennebecasis Valley High School, 398 Hampton Rd., Rothesay
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Simonds High School, 1490 Hickey Rd., Saint John
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., NBCC Saint John, 950 Grandview Ave., Saint John
    • Nov. 8: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sussex Regional High School, 55 Leonard Dr., Sussex
    • Nov. 9: 4 - 9 p.m., Kennebecasis Valley High School, 398 Hampton Rd., Rothesay
    • Nov. 9: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Kennebecasis Valley High School, 398 Hampton Rd., Rothesay
    • Nov. 9: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Beaconsfield Middle School, 630 Fundy Dr., Saint John
    • Nov. 9: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Saint John High School, 1490 Hickey Rd., Saint John
    • Nov. 9: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., NBCC Saint John, 950 Grandview Ave., Saint John
    • Nov. 9: 4 - 9 p.m., Sir James Dunn Academy, 180 King St., St. Andrews
    • Nov. 9: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sir James Dunn Academy, 180 King St., St. Andrews
    • Nov. 9: 4 - 9 p.m., Sussex Regional High School, 55 Leonard Dr., Sussex
    • Nov. 9: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sussex Regional High School, 55 Leonard Dr., Sussex
    • Nov. 10: 4 - 9 p.m., Hampton High School, 34 Elizabeth Ave., Hampton
    • Nov. 10: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Hampton High School, 34 Elizabeth Ave., Hampton
    • Nov. 10: 4 - 9 p.m., Rothesay High School, 61 Hampton Rd., Rothesay
    • Nov. 10: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Rothesay High School, 61 Hampton Rd., Rothesay
    • Nov. 10: 8 :30 a.m. - 9 p.m., UNB Saint John, 100 Tucker Park Rd., Saint John
    • Nov. 10: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. Malachy's Memorial High School, 2-20 Leinster St., Saint John
    • Nov. 10: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Harbour View High School, 305 Douglas Ave., Saint John
    • Nov. 10: 4 - 9 p.m., Fundy High School, 44 Mount Pleasant Rd., St. George
    • Nov. 10: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Fundy High School, 44 Mount Pleasant Rd., St. George
    • Nov. 10: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. Stephen Middle School, 11 School St., St. Stephen
    • Nov. 11: 1 - 9 p.m., NBCC St. Andrews, 99 Augustus St., St. Andrews
    Woodstock area
    • Nov. 8: 1 - 7 p.m., Tobique Valley High School, 290 Main St., Plaster Rock
    • Nov. 9: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Southern Victoria High School, 13 School St., Perth-Andover
    • Nov. 9: 4 - 9 p.m., Southern Victoria High School, 13 School St., Perth-Andover
    • Nov. 10: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Perth-Andover Middle School, 20 Nissan St., Perth-Andover
    New Brunswick, like all Canadian jurisdictions, is dependant on vaccine supply from the federal manufacturer. These specific clinics will be rescheduled as vaccine shipments arrive.

    Front-line health-care staff at the clinics may also need to make on-site decisions about clinic closures, based on vaccine availability.
    Clinics for the remaining priority groups and for the general public will be opening as soon as possible, and will be continuing through November and December. Every resident of New Brunswick wishing to receive the vaccine will have the opportunity to do so.

    The next report will be issued on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
    Updated information on the clinics may be found at www.gnb.ca/flu, or by calling 1-800-580-0038.

    09/11/07

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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      Re: New Brunswick - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability


      Healthy New Brunswickers could get H1N1 flu vaccine within a few weeks

      Published Friday November 20th, 2009
      By ADAM BOWIE

      New Brunswick health officials say they're making progress with the largest vaccination program in provincial history, which may allow healthy citizens to access the shot in the next few weeks.

      Dr. Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of health, said that if the province's H1N1 vaccine supply stays consistent, it's possible that clinics will be opened to the average New Brunswicker by the end of this month or early December.

      Medical professionals are trying to protect as many citizens as possible with chronic illnesses - especially those with serious lung conditions.

      "We are hopeful that over the next week, or two weeks that we will be able to get to all of those in the priority groups who want vaccine," Cleary said.

      "After that, we are hopeful, and again this is dependant on our supply, that starting the 30th of November, or the week after that, we will be able to make vaccine accessible to all New Brunswickers."

      More than 150,000 residents have rolled up their sleeve as part of the H1N1 vaccination program.

      Cleary said about 60 per cent of children between six months and five years of age have been vaccinated; about 75 per cent of elementary school children have been protected; and about 40 per cent of all high school students have received the shot.

      "They're really focusing this week to get those (target groups) completed, so I think that will bring those up considerably," she said.

      At least 55 per cent of the province's pregnant women have received the vaccine.

      She said the campaign to protect aboriginal residents has been successful, with every First Nations community in the province having hosted a public clinic.

      "They were very successful. We've had reports of coverage varying between 80-90 per cent for some communities," she said.

      And almost every health-care worker in the province that wanted the shot has been protected.

      "We've had reports from some medical units that they've had uptakes of 95 per cent," she said.

      Cleary said 112 people have been hospitalized with the pandemic flu since the virus began making the rounds, with 10 of those cases severe enough to require a stay in an intensive-care unit.

      "Approximately 56 per cent of the hospitalizations have been in people less than 20 years of age, although the majority of ICU admissions have been in people over 30," she said.

      Most of the province's serious H1N1 cases have involved people with pre-existing conditions, although about 25 per cent of all Canadians who have experienced serious outcomes had been healthy.

      She said New Brunswick will get at least 49,000 doses next week, which should help the effort to slow the spread of the virus.

      "I think the fact that we've got a fair proportion of our population vaccinated, and hope to get more vaccinated in the next couple of weeks, will really have a major impact on the further spread," she said.

      "I think we're in a fairly good position."

      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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        Re: New Brunswick - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

        St. Thomas University

        H1N1 vaccination clinics set for next week

        Filed by The Aquinian Campus Nov 26, 2009 </SPAN>

        Dates for campus swine flu vaccination clinics have finally been announced.

        Clinics will go from Dec. 3 until Dec. 6 starting at 9 a.m. and running until 3 p.m.

        Registration for the shot is being held on those days in James Dunn Hall, while the actual clinic will be set up in the O?keefe fitness centre.

        Residence Life Director Ryan Sullivan confirmed the clinic dates, and said roughly 2,000 people will be vaccinated per day.

        The clinics are open to students, faculty and staff from either STU or UNB.

        Forty-one students reported flu-like symptoms to residence life during the month of November so far, Sullivan said.

        The numbers of H1N1-infected across the country continue to grow.

        Last week hospitalized H1N1 patients in New Brunswick climbed from 83 to 112.

        Most were under the age of 30.

        NB?s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Eilish Cleary, said last week that officials hope to finish vaccinating people from priority groups within the next two weeks.

        Hopefully ?starting the 30th of November, or the week after that, we will be able to make the vaccine accessible to all New Brunswickers,? she said in a CBC article on Thursday.

        Health officials say we have yet to reach the peak of this second wave.

        ?So far, this pandemic hasn?t behaved quite like expected,? Dr. Jo Ann Majerovich of the UNB Student Health Centre explained in an email.

        She reserves comment on a potential third wave.

        Another 4.8 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine were expected to be delivered to the provinces on Sunday.

        Nunavut, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, British Colombia, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland & Labrador have all made the
        H1N1 vaccination available to the general public.


        <ADDRESS>Alyssa Mosher ? The Aquinian</ADDRESS>
        "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
        -Nelson Mandela

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          Re: New Brunswick - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

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          Nov. 27, 2009

          FREDERICTON (CNB) - The H1N1 vaccine is the safest, most effective way of protecting you and your family from the H1N1 flu virus.

          As clinics for the public begin across the province, each New Brunswick resident wishing to receive the vaccine will have the opportunity to do so.

          With the provincial government's investment of $17.1 million, the vaccine will be free to all New Brunswickers who choose to be immunized.

          New dosing recommendations issued by the chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick mean that most children three to nine years old do not need to return to an H1N1 immunization clinic for a second dose.


          A second dose is recommended for children six months to 35 months old and for children three to nine years old who have one of the following chronic diseases:
          • heart disease;
          • diabetes;
          • asthma and chronic lung disease;
          • kidney disease;
          • blood disorders;
          • liver disease;
          • persons with weakened immune systems (persons taking cancer drugs or those with HIV/AIDS); and
          • neurological disorders.
          A minimum of 21 days is required between vaccines to ensure the immune system has had a chance to respond.

          Parents unable to attend a clinic right on the 21-day mark should be reassured that:
          • good protection against the pandemic virus has been seen after the first dose even in the groups recommended to have a booster; and
          • the 21-day limit is a minimum and not an ideal. Children will not be adversely affected if they receive a second dose a little later.
          Clinics are still being offered in some schools and specifically for children requiring a second dose.

          Clinics for the public are now being offered. Children who have yet to receive the vaccine or require their second dose are welcome to attend public clinics. Consent forms are required for people younger than 16.

          Immunization records for those children requiring a second dose should be brought to the clinic.

          If individuals have not received the vaccine and are experiencing influenza-like symptoms, it is important to seek medical attention early if symptoms worsen.

          The most up-to-date list of H1N1 immunization clinics may be found at www.gnb.ca/flu or by calling 1-800-580-0038. Clinic listings are updated continually. If you do not see a clinic that is convenient for you, please check back in a day or two.

          Print media are asked not to print clinic lists since clinic information is subject to change. Local radio stations are strongly encouraged to share clinic listings for their listeners directly from

          www.gnb.ca/flu.


          "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
          -Nelson Mandela

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            Re: New Brunswick - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

            N.B. apologizes for H1N1 vaccination 'bedlam'

            Last Updated: Monday, November 30, 2009 | 12:01 PM ET

            CBC News

            New Brunswick's deputy chief medical officer of health is apologizing for what he describes as the bedlam that surrounded the H1N1 vaccine rollout in October.
            'We apologize for the absolute bedlam when we ran out of the vaccine in the beginning, but it is available to everyone in the Moncton area now.'? Dr. Paul Van Buynder, deputy chief medical officer of health
            Vaccination clinics for the general public have started in the province and health officials hope the days of long lineups are over.

            When the first doses of the H1N1 vaccine arrived, thousands of people across the province had to wait hours in the cold for their vaccinations.

            In that early phase of the rollout, clinics in Moncton and Saint John ran out of vaccine while people were still waiting in line.

            Dr. Paul Van Buynder, the deputy chief medical officer of health, said the province is sorry for the inconvenience to people in those communities.

            "We apologize for the absolute bedlam when we ran out of the vaccine in the beginning, but it is available to everyone in the Moncton area now," Van Buynder told CBC News on Monday.

            Last week, Progressive Conservatives ? the Official Opposition ? questioned the New Brunswick government's initial handling of swine flu vaccinations.

            Extra doses

            Van Buynder said the confusion in those early delays stemmed from a shortage of vaccine.

            But he said the province is expecting to receive more than 120,000 doses of swine flu vaccine this week. And public health officials have received an additional 50,000 doses of vaccine from Ontario for this week's clinics, he said.

            Van Buynder said he anticipates clinics will run smoothly considering the amount of vaccine now available.

            "If you went to one of the clinics, not right at the very start, you generally walk right through each of the stations, getting registered, getting vaccinated, taking the 15 minutes then being on your way," he said.

            Even though the peak of the swine flu appears to have passed, people should not become complacent about getting vaccinated against the H1N1 virus, van Buynder said.

            "Because we have extra vaccine, we really want to make sure that people who aren't protected at this point get protected within the next two to three weeks," he said.

            "This virus will be back next winter. It will become part of the seasonal pandemic."

            Van Buynder said this year's shot will provide some protection for next year, but he encouraged people, especially in high-risk groups, to get a seasonal influenza shot every year.


            "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
            -Nelson Mandela

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              Re: New Brunswick - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

              Young men avoid H1N1 shots: N.B. health official

              Mon Dec 14, 10:39 AM

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              NEW.BRUNSWICK (CBC) - New Brunswick's Department of Health is urging young men to get the H1N1 vaccine as officials are noticing men in their 20s are avoiding getting the swine flu shot.

              Dr. Paul Van Buynder, deputy chief medical officer of health, said the public H1N1 vaccination clinics are wrapping up this week and the department is concerned young men are avoiding their shots.

              "We often find with preventative programs that getting the males along is very difficult," Van Buynder said in an interview on Monday.

              "There's something about being young and male that gives you belief in your own bulletproof status. And we just can't get them along to the clinics at the moment."

              Van Buynder said many young men work for industrial companies, so health officials are now working with those companies to organize vaccine clinics to target that group.

              "We are really keen to try and get the males to turn their attitudes around and access the vaccination clinics around," he said.

              Van Buynder said there are two serious cases of swine flu in the province, involving a two-month-old and a 27-year-old man.

              Both are in intensive care. Van Buynder said infants under six months can't get the shot, but it seems young men just won't get inoculated.

              New Brunswick expects to give its 500,000th H1N1 vaccination shot sometime this week, and that means about two-thirds of the province's population will have been inoculated.

              The health officer said the vaccination rate is "marginally ahead" of where they expected when the H1N1 vaccine program was rolled out in October.

              Van Buynder said there was skepticism early about the approvals process and the vaccine itself, and that led the department to believe only around half the province would end up with the shots.

              This is the last week of public H1N1 vaccination clinics, and Van Buynder said the department estimates more than 80 per cent of children, more than 75 per cent of pregnant women, and between 90 and 100 per cent of First Nations people living on reserves all received their shots.

              "So the people we were desperate to get early on we had very good results from," he said.

              "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
              -Nelson Mandela

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                Re: New Brunswick - Novel H1N1 Vaccine Availability

                Free flu shot available to more New Brunswick residents this year

                News Staff Jul 13, 2010 07:46:34 AM
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                MONCTON, NB -There's good news for some New Brunswickers when it comes to flu shots.

                The province has widened the group who will be able to get their shot for free this year.

                Speaking on The Drive with Dan Ahlstrand, Deputy Chef Medical Officer of Health Paul Van Buynder says about two thirds of the population will now be able to get their shots free of charge.

                "All children under the age of 18 will be eligible for a free influenza shot as well as parents of children under the age of five. We will also continue to give it free to the elderly, pregnant women and those with chronic diseases." says Van Buynder

                Those who aren't eligible for the free flu shot will have to pay between 15 and 30 dollars, depending on where the shot is given.

                "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
                -Nelson Mandela

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