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Unprecedented Effort" to Get Flu Vaccinations
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The city of Milwaukee vaccinated its first responders as clinics ran out of the seasonal flu vaccine all over the area.
MILWAUKEE -
In an unprecedented effort, the city of Milwaukee offered Swine <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_1_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">flu
</NOBR> vaccinations Saturday to first responders, people who are on the front lines of emergencies.
Milwaukee Fire deputy chief Randy Zingler was one of them. "Seventy percent of our job is EMS. We're in homes where people are sick or injured," he said.
The vaccination effort is unprecedented says Paul Biedrzycki with the city's health department. "We're looking to vaccinate thousands of people in the next couple weeks," said Biedrzycki.
Meantime, the push to get people vaccinated for the regular flu is in full force all over the area.
The Poth family from Whitefish Bay came to the Aurora Clinic in Greenfield Saturday to get the seasonal flu shot after hearing Aurora Health <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_5_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">Care</NOBR> is suspending its flu clinics Tuesday because of shortages.
The clinic was packed because of it.
"I was on the Internet this morning and saw they were stopping. So we decided let's get the kids in early because it seems they usually run out of the kids' shots sooner," said Janice Poth.
And it's not just Aurora. Many clinics are turning people away because the supplies they've ordered haven't come in.
They blame manufacturers who are working on vaccines for the Seasonal flu and the Swine flu which is slowing down the process and inadvertently speeding up the demand.
Aurora says it hopes to have the flu clinics back up and running in two weeks. They say people shouldn't worry about getting vaccinated later.
"It's not too late to get your flu shot in November. The flu <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_11_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">season</NOBR> in Wisconsin doesn't peak until January or February," said Lisa Taylor, R.N for Aurora Health Care.
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The city of Milwaukee vaccinated its first responders as clinics ran out of the seasonal flu vaccine all over the area.
MILWAUKEE -
In an unprecedented effort, the city of Milwaukee offered Swine <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_1_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">flu
</NOBR> vaccinations Saturday to first responders, people who are on the front lines of emergencies.Milwaukee Fire deputy chief Randy Zingler was one of them. "Seventy percent of our job is EMS. We're in homes where people are sick or injured," he said.
The vaccination effort is unprecedented says Paul Biedrzycki with the city's health department. "We're looking to vaccinate thousands of people in the next couple weeks," said Biedrzycki.
Meantime, the push to get people vaccinated for the regular flu is in full force all over the area.
The Poth family from Whitefish Bay came to the Aurora Clinic in Greenfield Saturday to get the seasonal flu shot after hearing Aurora Health <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_5_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">Care
</NOBR> is suspending its flu clinics Tuesday because of shortages. The clinic was packed because of it.
"I was on the Internet this morning and saw they were stopping. So we decided let's get the kids in early because it seems they usually run out of the kids' shots sooner," said Janice Poth.
And it's not just Aurora. Many clinics are turning people away because the supplies they've ordered haven't come in.
They blame manufacturers who are working on vaccines for the Seasonal flu and the Swine flu which is slowing down the process and inadvertently speeding up the demand.
Aurora says it hopes to have the flu clinics back up and running in two weeks. They say people shouldn't worry about getting vaccinated later.
"It's not too late to get your flu shot in November. The flu <NOBR id=itxt_nobr_11_0 style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 100%; COLOR: darkgreen">season
</NOBR> in Wisconsin doesn't peak until January or February," said Lisa Taylor, R.N for Aurora Health Care.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33361056/ns/local_news-milwaukee_wi/