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Fair enough, health officials concede. But there is a catch that seems lost on many anxious Americans: There simply is not enough flu vaccine to go around. CDC estimates put the best-case dosage figures at 87 million - hardly enough to cover all 300 million U.S. citizens.
But the Senate had managed to find somewhere to stay in session and keep working, and it would have helped if the House had done the same, instead of sending members home. In a week when events were conspiring to make people wonder what we were getting into and whether...
Person of the Week MORE DRUGS, PLEASE To cure fears of bioterrorism, U.S. health czar Tommy Thompson prescribes stockpiling enough antibiotics to treat 12 million people for anthrax. He is also asking Congress?just in case?for 300 million doses of smallpox vaccine, enough to treat every American
“There was less flu vaccine to go around, and because of that, [there was] a delay in distributing flu vaccine to providers,” said Ricki Lacy, director of public health nursing for the Cambridge Health Department.
Last winter, UHS gave 1,000 unused flu shots to the City of Cambridge, which was in desperate need of the vaccine. Despite CDC officials recently expressing their concerns vocally, the CDC has not changed its official flu shot guidelines, which recommend that all people over age 50 and chronic...