Commonground
Senior Moderator
November 5, 2009
State health officials have confirmed two more swine flu deaths in Wisconsin.
Those deaths were in Dodge and St. Croix counties, according to state Department of Health Services. The H1N1 flu has contributed to 18 deaths in Wisconsin since spring, Department spokesman Seth Boffeli said Thursday. The department earlier this week confirmed two deaths in Rock and Kenosha counties in the last week.
The death in St. Croix County is a 48-year-old Hudson woman who died Tuesday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., according to KSTP-TV in Minneapolis.
Friends say Debbie Lindstrom began having flu-like symptoms at the end of last week. They say she was taken to the hospital because the virus caused fluid to build up around her heart.
Lindstrom is the mother of three teenagers ? two sons and a daughter.
A funeral service is scheduled Saturday in Hudson.
Oconto County offers limited vaccines
Two swine flu vaccination clinics targeting certain groups will be offered next week by the Oconto County Health Department.
Only members of these target groups will be vaccinated at this clinic due to a temporary shortage in the H1N1 vaccine.
The targeted groups include: children 6 months through 4 years, household members of children under 6 months, day-care providers who care for children under 6 months, pregnant women, health-care workers with direct patient contact and people age 5 through 18 who have health conditions that put them at higher risk of medical complications from flu.
"While vaccine supplies are limited, it is critical that we deliver it to those at highest risk of disease and serious complications. Eventually we will have plenty of vaccine to provide it to anyone who wants it," said Debra Konitzer, Oconto County health officer.
The targeted clinics will be 4-6 p.m. Monday at Suring School, 411 E. Algoma St., Suring, and 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at Bond Community Center, 1201 Park Ave., Oconto.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com...Wisconsin--Oconto-Co.-offers-limited-vaccines
State health officials have confirmed two more swine flu deaths in Wisconsin.
Those deaths were in Dodge and St. Croix counties, according to state Department of Health Services. The H1N1 flu has contributed to 18 deaths in Wisconsin since spring, Department spokesman Seth Boffeli said Thursday. The department earlier this week confirmed two deaths in Rock and Kenosha counties in the last week.
The death in St. Croix County is a 48-year-old Hudson woman who died Tuesday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., according to KSTP-TV in Minneapolis.
Friends say Debbie Lindstrom began having flu-like symptoms at the end of last week. They say she was taken to the hospital because the virus caused fluid to build up around her heart.
Lindstrom is the mother of three teenagers ? two sons and a daughter.
A funeral service is scheduled Saturday in Hudson.
Oconto County offers limited vaccines
Two swine flu vaccination clinics targeting certain groups will be offered next week by the Oconto County Health Department.
Only members of these target groups will be vaccinated at this clinic due to a temporary shortage in the H1N1 vaccine.
The targeted groups include: children 6 months through 4 years, household members of children under 6 months, day-care providers who care for children under 6 months, pregnant women, health-care workers with direct patient contact and people age 5 through 18 who have health conditions that put them at higher risk of medical complications from flu.
"While vaccine supplies are limited, it is critical that we deliver it to those at highest risk of disease and serious complications. Eventually we will have plenty of vaccine to provide it to anyone who wants it," said Debra Konitzer, Oconto County health officer.
The targeted clinics will be 4-6 p.m. Monday at Suring School, 411 E. Algoma St., Suring, and 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at Bond Community Center, 1201 Park Ave., Oconto.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com...Wisconsin--Oconto-Co.-offers-limited-vaccines