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High-Risk Prisoners Get Flu Shots Before General Population Does
October 30, 2009 by Kristie Raburn Kristie Raburn Published Content: 74 Total Views: 6,875 Fans: 3 View Profile | Follow | Add to Favorites Single
Prisons Rate Higher Priority Than Schools, Day Care Centers and Public Workers
Prisoners in Texas, Ohio, Missouri and other states may get the flu vaccine before college students in dorms, children in day care centers, the elderly in nursing homes and medical staff in our local hospitals. The Centers for Disease Control and
High-Risk Prisoners Get Flu Shots Before General Population Does Prevention issued guidelines to all states identifying what groups of people are have the highest priority for receiving vaccinations against the swine flu. Thousands have waited in long lines in their communities to receive the few vaccines made available.
Christopher Cox, spokesman for the CDC, said the high priority guidance applies to higher-risk people whether they are in a prison, a homeless shelter, a school or a nursing home. Why should a prisoner get first opportunity to the H1N1 just because they are incarcerated?
The Missouri prison system's medical services contractor received 8,780 of the 9,460 doses it had requested, said spokesman Ken Fields. All of those shots have already been distributed to high-risk inmates and staff workers.
In Texas, prison officials requested 157,000 doses to cover all inmates, including the 45,000 who are at the front of the line because they fall in that high-priority group of pregnant women, children and those with underlying health issues. They also asked for doses to cover 41,000 staff and medical workers. There is no guarantee they will receive all the doses they requested but whatever they receive, they will receive it before the rest of the general public.
In Ohio, the state says it expects thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine to arrive any day for prison medical workers and certain inmates. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is awaiting 10,876 doses of vaccine to cover 1,984 medical workers and 8,892 inmates. Spokeswoman JoEllen Smith says the agency expects to have vaccinations for another 52,487 employees and inmates in December. The Ohio prison system has no reported cases of swine flu.
High-Risk Prisoners Get Flu Shots Before General Population Does
October 30, 2009 by Kristie Raburn Kristie Raburn Published Content: 74 Total Views: 6,875 Fans: 3 View Profile | Follow | Add to Favorites Single
Prisons Rate Higher Priority Than Schools, Day Care Centers and Public Workers
Prisoners in Texas, Ohio, Missouri and other states may get the flu vaccine before college students in dorms, children in day care centers, the elderly in nursing homes and medical staff in our local hospitals. The Centers for Disease Control and
High-Risk Prisoners Get Flu Shots Before General Population Does Prevention issued guidelines to all states identifying what groups of people are have the highest priority for receiving vaccinations against the swine flu. Thousands have waited in long lines in their communities to receive the few vaccines made available.
Christopher Cox, spokesman for the CDC, said the high priority guidance applies to higher-risk people whether they are in a prison, a homeless shelter, a school or a nursing home. Why should a prisoner get first opportunity to the H1N1 just because they are incarcerated?
The Missouri prison system's medical services contractor received 8,780 of the 9,460 doses it had requested, said spokesman Ken Fields. All of those shots have already been distributed to high-risk inmates and staff workers.
In Texas, prison officials requested 157,000 doses to cover all inmates, including the 45,000 who are at the front of the line because they fall in that high-priority group of pregnant women, children and those with underlying health issues. They also asked for doses to cover 41,000 staff and medical workers. There is no guarantee they will receive all the doses they requested but whatever they receive, they will receive it before the rest of the general public.
In Ohio, the state says it expects thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine to arrive any day for prison medical workers and certain inmates. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is awaiting 10,876 doses of vaccine to cover 1,984 medical workers and 8,892 inmates. Spokeswoman JoEllen Smith says the agency expects to have vaccinations for another 52,487 employees and inmates in December. The Ohio prison system has no reported cases of swine flu.