County receives over 50k doses of H1N1 vaccines

By COLBY FRAZIER — Nov. 14, 2009

Santa Barbara County now appears to have a healthy stock of H1N1 vaccines. As of yesterday, Public Health Department officials said the county has received 50,100 doses, with an additional 15,800 doses on the way — more than enough to vaccinate the estimated 60,000 residents who health officials believe are at risk of suffering serious complications from the illness.

A total of 4,063 people have been vaccinated at county clinics. Most were pregnant women and young children.

While these two high-risk categories of people were given priority, officials say the health care providers may now begin vaccinating people up to 18 years old, if their supplies of are sufficient.

Adults and children with serious health conditions have also been allowed to receive the vaccine.

To date, 43 county residents have been hospitalized with probable H1N1, or swine flu, cases, while three have died. This week alone there were four hospitalizations.

A number of vaccination clinics will be held through next week for pregnant women, all children 6-months of age through sixth grade, and possibly up to the age of 18, as well as parents of infants 0-6 months of age, and healthcare workers.

The first clinic is today at the Carpinteria Fire Station, 911 Walnut Ave, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Monday, a clinic will be held at Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real, from 3-7 p.m. On Thursday, the Lompoc Public Health Clinic, 301 N. R St., will offer vaccines from 3-7 p.m., and on Nov. 21, vaccines will be available at the Santa Maria Public Health Clinic, 3115 S. Centerpointe Parkway from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The county has also established a swine flu hotline at 1-888-722-6358, and additional information about the virus is available at www.sbcfluinfo.org.

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Swine flue jab?? no way : 11/20/2009

Come on Sound, there is way to much research telling us that the swine flu vaccine is not helping. In fact much has been written on the toxic effects of mercury and other additives in these jabs doing more harm than good. Baxter labs may have had a hand in CREATING the virus so the vaccine could be sold!
further pregnant women risk damaging the baby for life. As huge autism numbers are linked to mercury, Got the internet? google up DR MERCOLA or BLAYLOCK or TENPENNY. vitamin D is a better choice at this point. Children have no immune system to be "boosted" by these poisons till age 2 or so... check out the AMISH. never had a vaccine and no autism.. ??
Even the CDC does not keep track of swine flu numbers! Please dont trust your health to a giant SCAM

swine exposer

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