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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-12-02, Page 3News The Huron Expositor • December 2, 2009 Page 3 Health unit will provide H1N1 shots as long as demand continues From Page 1 "That's a lot •of needles over four hours, especially since there were already 200 H1N1 shots given at the high risk clinic in Seaforth a few weeks before," she said. Line-ups have been Vi common at H1N1 clinics throughout Huron Coun- ty oun ty since the vaccination began being offered to v ►y lr� the general public. Tay- lor said there was also a line-up in Wingham, whereeo le were also p p turned away when the 5 aHd H1N1 vaccines ran out. o fug "We've been amazed that people 'are coming hei l ! vo out in such high levels," �ry had she said. x And, while there are line-ups, Taylor said Huron County people , y 4� " HilrUl haven't made any com- plaints or caused any problems at the clinics. "People are very • re- spectful in the line-ups and so nice and understanding when we've had to turn them away. They seem to re- alize that we are trying our best to get people vaccinated," she said. Taylor expected that a decision would be made whether or not to con- tinue offering clinics after an H1N1 clinic was held in Clinton Monday from 3-7 p.m. "We will wait and see what the de- mand is Monday," she said on Fri- day. Since local doctor's offices are being supplied with seasonal and H1N1 flu shots, Taylor said that it could be • possible that the health unit would start to depend on doctors to provide the shots instead of holding more clinics. "We're trying to work with family doctors to carry H1N1. It's always been a shared model f , . and we're hoping to do that now," she said. As well, she said the C health unit is begin- ning to plan H1N1 �.» clinics through loca,1 pharmacies or work- places. But, while there has been some requests even from school board STC=� S trustees to offer the �{ H1N1 vaccine in ti.rn schools, Taylor said there are no plans yet to do so. rss a Taylor, N "It's better to have County moms and dads there h Unit F t to hold their child," she said, adding that the need to get consent forms complicates the situation . as well. So far, 9,000 Huron County people have received the H1N1 vaccination, protecting around 15 per cent of the county population. Taylor said the health unit usually sees about one third of the county vaccinated with seasonal flu. "We'll be happy if we see the re- sponse at one-third for the H1N1 shot as well," she said, adding that the health unit will continue to offer the H1N1 shot to anyone who wants it. "We will carry the vaccine until Seaforth 2009 CHRISTMAS air ga(iti?9 THt1R DAY � I BER3TQ SUNDAY CE EI 6. • Enjoy shopping Seaforth with your great tax savings. • Enter weekly $i00 Gift Certificate Draws at all BIA Member stores. • $100.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE WINNER Reta Clarke, Mitchell Think Local...Buy Local...Be Local... seaforthspirit March or April. We won't stop," she said. Taylor said the health unit has no worries about running out of H1N1 vaccines. "We got vaccines in the fridge and the flow from the manufacturer is great right now," she said. OPEN 8 l. LAT E Switch your chequing account to TD Canada Trust and experience the comfort of up to $250 cash.' There are so many reasons to switch to TD Canada Trust. You can switch for branches that are open earlier, open later, and open longer. You can switch for convenient branch locations --over 1,100 of them. You can switch to the bank that's been ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates among the Big Five Retail Banks.' You can also switch to a bank that has Small Business Banking Specialists to give you the advice you need. And right now, you can switch for up to $250 cash just a little help from TD Canada Trust. It all adds up to one thing: getting your banking going in the right direction. Visit a branch, www.tdcanadatrust.com/reasons or call 1-800-281-6562 today. l7 Canada Trust Banking can be this comfortable 'Conditions apply. See us for details. Offer ends December 31, 2009 but may be changed, extended or withdrawn at any time without notice. 7T0 Canada Trust received the highest numerical score among the big five retail banks in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2006 — 2009 Canadian Retail Banking Customer Satisfaction Study. 2009 study based on 12,555 total responses measuring 5 banks. Proprietary study results are based an experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed in March — June 2009. Your experiences may vary. Visit idpower.com.