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Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 12:35 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine health officials say 150,000 doses of swine flu vaccine have come into the state over the past week, allowing greater distribution to the public.
Dr. Dora Anne Mills of the Maine Center for Disease Control says there's now enough H1N1 vaccine for two-thirds of people in high-risk groups and one-third of the rest of the state's population.
Mills says vaccine will continue to stream into the state through early February, by which time everyone who wants the vaccine will be able to get it.
Mills says by most measures swine flu has peaked in Maine, but she says it'll continue to circulate "for months, if not years, to come." Swine flu has claimed 13 lives in Maine.
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Right on Nell. Well Said.
Right on Nell. Well Said. Government can't even organize a cattle stampede, they would send cattle to 20 different places.
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So now that the worst of the flu epidemic is over, folks will be able to get their shots. I don't think this is very efficient handling of this at all. Just think how great it is going to be when the govt is in charge of our health care. Will we have to wait months for care while they decide who we can see. What a mess.
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You could not have said it better, Nell
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