H1N1 vaccine expected in county mid-month
San Jacinto News- Times - October 2009

COLDSPRING – The H1N1 “swine fl u” vaccine should be in San Jacinto County around mid-month, according to San Jacinto County Emergency Management Coordinator Judy Eaton. Eaton said Coldspring- Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District and Shepherd Independent School District will have in school clinics for the children who have signed consent forms from a parent or guardian. “An after school clinic for parents and guardians will be available also,” Eaton said. “There will be a county-wide clinic set up on two Saturdays for the San Jacinto County Community,” Eaton said. “Those two Saturdays will probably be the Saturday before Thanksgiving and the Saturday following Thanksgiving.” The Saturday clinics will be held in the San Jacinto County Courthouse Annex next door to the San Jacinto County Senior Citizen’s Center in Coldspring. Eaton said the exact dates will be announced as soon as the vaccine arrives. According to Eaton, at the top of the list to receive H1N1 vaccinations are: Pregnant women; adults with certain chronic medical conditions including chronic lung problems such as asthma, heart, liver, blood, nervous system, muscular or metabolic disorders such as diabetes; adults who have immunodefi - ciency or immuno-suppression, including that caused by medications such as corticosteroids and chemotherapy or diseases such a HIV/AIDS; children ages six months to 18 years who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy and who might be at risk for experiencing Reye syndrome after influenza virus infection; persons 50 years old or older, particularly 65 years or older; people who live in settings such as nursing homes, residential schools and jails. Eaton said she is expecting enough vaccine for everyone who wants to take it.