Some 30,000 doses of swine flu vaccine will be available at special immunization clinics being held Saturday in Snohomish County.
Even early Friday morning, health officials were unsure how many doses would be available.
“We had a shipment come in of about 12,000 doses,” Preston Simmons, chief operating officer at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, said Friday afternoon.
That, combined with some stocks on hand, added up to about 30,000 available for Saturday’s flu shot clinics, he said.
The vaccines will be offered Saturday at special one-day clinics, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Stanwood, Edmonds, Monroe, Everett, Snohomish, Arlington, Marysville, Tulalip and Mill Creek.
The vaccine is free, but limited to the following groups: Pregnant women, teachers and child-care providers; anyone from 6 months through 24 years of age; household and caregiver contacts of children younger than 6 months of age, such as parents, siblings and day-care providers; people 25 to 64 years old who have medical conditions such as diabetes and heart problems that put them at higher risk of complications from influenza; and health care and emergency response workers.
More information: www.snocoflu.org
Clinic locations
All swine flu immunization clinics will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Arlington: Smokey Point Clinic, 16410 Smokey Point Blvd., No. 200
Edmonds: Stevens Hospital, 21601 76th Ave. W. (enter from Highway 99 and 216th Street SW)
Everett: Evergreen Middle School, 7621 Beverly Lane; Community Health Center of Snohomish County, 1019 112th St. SW
Marysville: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 7215 51st Ave. NE
Mill Creek: Providence Physician Group, 12800 Bothell-Everett Highway
Monroe: Valley General Hospital at Sky Valley Education Center, 17072 Tye St., Building B
Snohomish: Snohomish Family Medical, 629 Ave. D
Stanwood: Heritage Park (drive-through clinic), 9600 276th St. NW
Tulalip: Tulalip Pharmacy, 8825 34th Ave. NE, Suite A
Who’s eligible?
Pregnant women; anyone 6 months to 24 years old; those who care for kids younger than 6 months; people 25 to 64 years old who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk of flu complications; teachers; child-care providers; health-care workers; first responders.
Who’s not eligible?
Healthy people 25 to 64 years old; seniors 65 and up, since they’ve been getting swine flu at rates far less than younger people.
Who gets which vaccine?
Injectable vaccine will be reserved for pregnant women, infants ages 6 months to 2 years, people between the ages 6 months through 64 years who have asthma, cerebral palsy, congenital heart conditions or other chronic medical conditions
FluMist, the nasal spray form of the immunization, will be offered to healthy people eligible to receive it at Saturday’s clinics.
No thimerosal-free vaccines for pregnant women will be available Saturday. The available supply of preservative-free vaccine has been sent to medical clinics throughout the county that treat pregnant women.
Children ages 9 and younger will require two doses of H1N1 vaccine for full immunity; they should get the second dose within a month of the first from their health-care provider.
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