H1N1 Vaccinations En Route To Hospitals, Medical Centers, Pharmacies Near You...

The first shipments of the new H1N1 (swine flu) vaccinations were sent to medical facilities in Tennessee and Indiana on October 5th, 2009. The new vaccine is made available as a spray as well as a syringe. Health care workers where the shipments were delivered are the first people to be innoculated with the vaccine before being given to the general public. The U.S. goverment has purchased more than 195 million doses of the vaccine from five vaccine manufacturers. Dr. Jay Butler of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention and head of the H1N1 Vaccine Task Force said that manufacturers of the vaccine will ship 10 million to 20 million doses per week for the next few months making it accessible for all Americans to receive the vaccine. New shipments of the vaccine are expected to be delivered to more states until every state has received the vaccine. The CDC recommends and encourages all Americans to protect themselves and their families by getting the new vaccine. For more information about H1N1, visit the H1N1 (Swine Flu)Resource Center on the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention website at www.cdc.gov 

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