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By Robert Miller
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Area doctors and nurses are starting to get the vaccine to fight the swine flu.
But much to their consternation, they're running out of the vaccine to ward off the seasonal influenza, which should begin to flare up in a couple of months.
"We've had to cancel clinics, or cut clinics short, because we were running out of vaccine,'' Geri Rodda, community health coordinator for the New Milford Visiting Nurse Association, said Wednesday. "It has not been nice.''
"We're expecting to get our full shipment in November,'' said Sandy Weinberg of the Ridgefield VNA, which has only the nasal mist vaccination for seasonal flu at its clinics -- a vaccine that's good for people ages 2 to 49, but is not effective for seniors, who most need the shots.
Ann Faraguna, executive director of the Danbury VNA, said Wednesday her staff has enough vaccine to run its clinics this week.
"We're expecting a delivery of more vaccine,'' she said. "We're planning to maintain our full schedule of vaccinations, barring a change in that delivery. If there is, we'll have to reconsider.''
Limited supplies are due, in part, to the need for manufacturers to produce both seasonal and H1N1 vaccines at the same time.
Tom Skinner, senior public affairs officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an e-mail message that American manufacturers have produced 82 million doses of seasonal flu vaccine. They expect to make a total of 114 million
http://www.newstimes.com/localnews/ci_13612026
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Area doctors and nurses are starting to get the vaccine to fight the swine flu.
But much to their consternation, they're running out of the vaccine to ward off the seasonal influenza, which should begin to flare up in a couple of months.
"We've had to cancel clinics, or cut clinics short, because we were running out of vaccine,'' Geri Rodda, community health coordinator for the New Milford Visiting Nurse Association, said Wednesday. "It has not been nice.''
"We're expecting to get our full shipment in November,'' said Sandy Weinberg of the Ridgefield VNA, which has only the nasal mist vaccination for seasonal flu at its clinics -- a vaccine that's good for people ages 2 to 49, but is not effective for seniors, who most need the shots.
Ann Faraguna, executive director of the Danbury VNA, said Wednesday her staff has enough vaccine to run its clinics this week.
"We're expecting a delivery of more vaccine,'' she said. "We're planning to maintain our full schedule of vaccinations, barring a change in that delivery. If there is, we'll have to reconsider.''
Limited supplies are due, in part, to the need for manufacturers to produce both seasonal and H1N1 vaccines at the same time.
Tom Skinner, senior public affairs officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an e-mail message that American manufacturers have produced 82 million doses of seasonal flu vaccine. They expect to make a total of 114 million
http://www.newstimes.com/localnews/ci_13612026