More Opportunities to Protect Yourself and Your Family against
H1N1 January 11, 2010 With 60 million U.S. people vaccinated
against the H1N1 flu and 136 million doses still available,
health organizations are urging U.S. citizens to receive the
H1N1 vaccination. On Jan. 9, 2010, President Barack Obama issued
a presidential proclamation for National Influenza Vaccination
Week, to encourage people to receive their H1N1 vaccinations if
they hadn’t done so already. Read breaking news about this week
on our H1N1 News page. Now that there is an abundance of vaccine
available for distribution, unexpected venues are now used as
alternative vaccination locations. In Kane County, IL, the local
health department (LHD) hosted a clinic for the second dose of
H1N1 vaccinations at a minor league baseball stadium, which
provided plenty of space for people to line up and receive their
vaccination. By using a facility accustomed to large crowds,
people were able to get vaccinated and leave within 25 minutes.
In Chicago, the Un