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Are MD offices lying about having flu and H1N1 vaccinations?
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Are you, or do you know someone that is having trouble getting the seasonal flu or H1N1 vaccination?
We have heard, a dozen times, who should be among the first to get the swine flu vaccination. People with chronic illness, children, and health care workers should be among the first to receive the vaccination
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But, none of the healthcare workers that I have spoken with have even had the opportunity to receive the vaccination. The hospital that I work for in Northern Kentucky has not been given any indication of when the vaccination will arrive.
I have called multiple pediatric offices and get the same answer every time. “We don’t have any… Just keep calling.” This is for both seasonal and H1N1 vaccinations.
It becomes very frustrating for many parents especially the parents of asthmatic or diabetic children.
I know a mother that was told by the pediatrician himself that their office had 130 doses. With a sick child the MD, (we’ll call him Dr. John Doe) told her to wait until the child was well and they would vaccinate the child in a week or two.
This mother called her brother immediately, to let him know that they office finally had the vaccine in. The brother called the MD office immediately, and was told by the very rude receptionist, that whoever told him that their office had the vaccine was a liar. He argued with the receptionist, stating that he knew they had 130 doses per Dr. John Doe. After being left on hold for more than ten minutes, the receptionist, with a snotty attitude scheduled an appointment for his three young children. He was threatened that if he was even one minute late the children would not be vaccinated.
I’d like to know why Kroger has seasonal flu vaccinations, but the health department and MD offices claim not to have any. I am beginning to think that they are hoarding the vaccinations, for reasons that they don’t care to share with those of us at risk.
Being in Northern Kentucky, it makes me mad to watch the news and see that there are H1N1 clinics being set up weekly, if not daily in Cincinnati. I’ve watched on the news, that some of the Cincinnati public schools started vaccinating their students a couple of weeks ago.
I’d like to know why Cincinnati has received so many more vaccination than Northern Kentucky. After all we are just right across the river, and many of Northern Kentucky’s residents are employed in Cincinnati.
Ohio has received almost 300,000 more H1N1 vaccinations than Kentucky.
Below is a list of the H1N1 vaccine shipment status that I copied and pasted from the CDC website.
Vaccine Shipment Status by Project Area
Posted October 23, 2009, 12:00 PM ET
Project Areas*** Total Doses Shipped
as of 10/21/09**
Alabama 162,700
Alaska 31,600
American Samoa 0
Arizona 263,300
Arkansas 121,000
California 1,309,100
Chicago 158,700
Colorado 159,700
Connecticut 128,100
Delaware 15,700
District of Columbia 33,900
Federal Worker Program* 64,400
Florida 503,200
Georgia 353,000
Guam 9,500
Hawaii 58,200
Idaho 73,700
Illinois 507,800
Indiana 273,200
Iowa 135,000
Kansas 90,600
Kentucky 138,600
Louisiana 187,900
Maine 51,600
Marshall Islands 0
Maryland 229,800
Massachusetts 269,700
Michigan 308,300
Micronesia 5,100
Minnesota 117,100
Mississippi 73,800
Missouri 174,400
Montana 38,900
Nebraska 62,100
Nevada 103,900
New Hampshire 51,800
New Jersey 234,500
New Mexico 79,100
New York 311,700
New York City 417,400
North Carolina 321,900
North Dakota 30,900
Northern Mariana Islands 2,400
Ohio 434,500
Oklahoma 130,700
Oregon 144,000
Pennsylvania 471,500
Philadelphia 62,400
Puerto Rico 42,900
Republic of Palau 1,300
Rhode Island 18,700
South Carolina 158,700
South Dakota 39,900
Tennessee 241,100
Texas 831,400
Utah 110,200
Vermont 34,200
Virgin Islands 3,000
Virginia 315,700
Washington 227,500
West Virginia 89,600
Wisconsin 237,600
Wyoming 24,000
Please leave me your comments on how you feel the H1N1 vaccination process is going.
*For more information, please visit: http://www.opm.gov/pandemic/memos/h1n1_20090930.asp
http://http://www.opm.gov/pandemic/memos/h1n1_20090930.asp
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