Winter storm postpones H1N1 clinic in Bangor
12/9/09 | 5 comments
Health

Winter storm postpones H1N1 clinic in Bangor


By Meg Haskell
BDN Staff

BANGOR, Maine — A daylong vaccine clinic for the H1N1 swine flu originally scheduled to take place Wednesday, Dec. 9, has been postponed by a forecast of wintry weather. The new date is Monday, Dec. 14.

Vaccine will be available for individuals in high-risk groups, including:

• Pregnant women.

• Children and young adults 2 to 25 years old.

• Health care workers.

• Adults under 65 with chronic health conditions.

• Caregivers, family members and others in close contact with infants under 6 months old.

• Schoolchildren under 10 years old in need of a second, “booster” vaccine.

Pediatric doses of injectable vaccine for children ages 6 months to 2 years with chronic health problems will not be available. Healthy children in that age group can receive the nasal spray form of the vaccine.

A total of about 8,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine will be available in both injectable and nasal spray form. The H1N1 vaccine is free of charge, but individuals with insurance are asked to bring their cards to offset the cost of administering the vaccine. Also available are doses of seasonal flu vaccine for $25 and pneumonia vaccine for $50. Medicare and many private insurance plans cover these two vaccines.

The rescheduled vaccine clinic will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, at the Bangor Civic Center.

For more information about the clinic, call 973-5756 or 992-4550.

mhaskell@bangordailynews.net

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On 12/9/09 at 1:10 PM, paying42manyslackas wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

This is slightly off topic, but I wonder what the effect of all the heightened awareness surrounding flu transmission this year is having? In other words, could people washing hands more, coughing in their sleeve, staying home with fevers or keeping their kids home when sick actually decrease morbidity and mortality above and beyond what we see with the usual vaccine regimen? EMMC has security screening on the wards to keep out people with fevers or symptoms suggestive of the flu. I assume other hospitals and workplaces are doing this as well. When the CDC releases the numbers in several months it will be intresting to see.

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On 12/9/09 at 2:10 PM, Gopher wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

If I were a betting person (which I'm usually not) I'd bet that increased personal hygiene, especially with hand washing and sanitization, would inhibit disease transmission. Unfortuantely, I still see way too many guys not washing their hands in public washrooms (macho guy thing, I guess).

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On 12/9/09 at 3:21 PM, theCHAD wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Gopher- 90% of the time, whats the point? provided you dont get "any" on you. is your piece really that dirty? that would be my greater concern.

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On 12/9/09 at 4:33 PM, Scintillate wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Guess these shots are so important after all. Hospital says don't seek help, guess this isn't such a big deal.

Last poll: 80% of the men do not wash their hands after touching themselves in the bathroom, too gross what a visual, I'll never eat prepared food again.

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On 12/9/09 at 4:40 PM, Stevey_Dee wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

They are already starting to admitt the Swine Flu may of been blown out of proportion....

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