As more H1N1 vaccine comes, priorities grow in Oklahoma City
BY SUSAN SIMPSON
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Published: November 3, 2009
Four public swine flu immunization clinics are scheduled this month at Oklahoma City-area schools, including one Saturday at John Marshall High School.
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Anyone bringing a child to a vaccination clinic who is not the parent must have a signed permission slip from the parent authorizing the immunizations. The slip must read:
"I (full name of parent) give permission for (full name of person) to obtain the H1N1 vaccination for: (All children must be listed with full names and date of birth).”
This slip must be signed and dated with the date the child is brought to the clinic.
Vaccinations at the clinics are free. They will be offered to those in the priority groups, which have expanded to include pregnant women, people 6 months to 18 years old, custodial parents of infants younger than 6 months old, adults age 19 to 64 with chronic disease and health care workers who have direct contact with acutely ill patients.
About 93,100 doses of shots and nasal spray are expected this week for distribution to county health departments and some health care providers.
"Although the amount of vaccine that our state has received so far is not enough to meet the demand, our goal is to deliver as many vaccinations as possible,” state Epidemiologist
Dr. Kristy Bradley said.
"The H1N1 flu virus continues to strike children and pregnant women particularly hard. We encourage people included in the priority groups to continue to seek a vaccination.”
City clinics set
The Oklahoma City clinics are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at these dates and locations:
• Saturday: John Marshall High School, 12201 N Portland Ave.
• Nov. 14:
Star Spencer High School, 3001 N Spencer Road, Spencer.
• Nov. 14:
Douglass Mid-High School, 900
Martin Luther King Ave.
• Nov. 21:
Northwest Classen High School, 2801 NW 27.
No seasonal flu vaccinations will be given at the clinics. Spanish translators will be available.
For more information, call the state Health Department toll-free H1N1 hot line at (866) 278-7134.
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Based on the Australian/New Zealand experience (at the peak of their flu season) and the American data somewhere in the middle of their flu season, that pregnant women have about a 99.97% chance they will not become so sick as to require hospital care at any level.