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There will be a 150 percent increase in the amount of seasonal flu vaccine available this year, and more UHS employees are now licensed to give the vaccine, according to UHS director David S. Rosenthal ’59.
Human trials began earlier in the month for an H1N1 vaccination, but McVay admits it may be December or January before vaccine recipients get the full benefit of immunization. "It takes two weeks to make antibodies, so you're just as vulnerable the day after as you were the day...
And then there are those who just don't like the idea of vaccinations. Teresa Kendrick, a mother of three in Tuscaloosa, says she's decided against it. "We've never had any flu vaccine, and swine flu doesn't seem to be any more serious than any other flu...
Such predictions are also a way for public health officials to get a handle on how infectious a new influenza like H1N1 might be, how it spreads, and how quickly. That helps them know how much vaccine might be needed, how to distribute it, and when to expect a surge...
"We can't yet predict what proportion of the population will be infected," says Varmus. "But it is very likely that something upward of 50% will be affected. All of us have a responsibility to blunt the epidemic by decreasing the spread of virus. If people understand that they can...