The H1N1 vaccine has arrived in Kentuckiana. Wednesday, Floyd County, Indiana health officials announced they have received their first shipment of 700 doses of the mist vaccine and said their plan is for school children to get their doses first.
Permission slips were sent out and 30% of the slips were returned with the go ahead.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent seems to believe that the public reluctant to embrace tbe vaccine is out of fear. Dr. Gupta caught the seasonal flu not in the United States but while covering a war in Afghanistan. Dr. Gupta is not in any of the target groups a for the flu. Dr. Gupta survived the flu like others who did not get the vaccine.
Some families are forgoing the vaccine because they don't know where to get it in their community. Other families believe that the vaccine is readily available for free. When in fact the vaccine may have a cost attached to it, an option to providers who are not connnected to a state run clinic.
In a nutshell, folks are wondering how much will they have to pay after the shot is commercialized and how will they be able to tell if the shot they receive is from a reputable provider?
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