From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
- Mark O’Keefe Outside Vaccine Lines in Milwaukee
As the Milwaukee Health Department gears up for its first public swine flu clinic Friday, the beginning of what is expected to be the largest mass vaccination in decades, city officials and metro area health departments say they are facing a shortage of the vaccine.
Milwaukee officials hope to funnel people into a dozen or more vaccine lines to handle the demand Friday, but they are worried that they may run out before they can hold additional clinics planned for Saturday and next week.
The same scenario has been playing out this week across the metro area. On Thursday night at Cedarburg High School, a vaccine clinic drew more than a thousand people who lined up around the building. Earlier, Ozaukee County Health Department officials warned that they expected to run out of the H1N1 vaccine.
Thursday night, Ozaukee County Health Director Glenda Madlom said between 1,600 and 1,700 doses were administered at the clinic, which was extended from a scheduled 8 p.m. closing to 9 p.m.
Some people, however, had to be turned away because it got too late, Madlom said.
Waukesha County has three clinics set for next week; officials sent out a notice Thursday saying supplies were limited so they first want to reach the target group – healthy, non-pregnant people ages 2 to 49, especially health care workers or those who care for infants.
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