NEWS

JANUARY 2010                             

HINI VIRUS VACCINE

1.28.10

WE HAVE A RECENT UPDATE ON INFORMATION FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES .IT SAYS: THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PROVIDE HIN1 VACCINATIONS. IN PAST YEARS HERE IN TEXAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FLU ACTIVITY HAS BEEN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND CONTINUES INTO APRIL AND EVEN AS LATE AS MAY. NOVEL HINI VACCINE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO TEXANS OF ALL AGES WHETHER HEALTHY OR AT RISK OF COMPLICATIONS FROM FLU. NEITHER GOOD HEALTH NOR AGE OVER 50 IS COMPLETELY PROTECTIVE AGAINST SERIOUS ILLNESS OR DEATH FROM THE NOVEL HIN1 PANDEMIC VIRUS. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADVISORY WENT ON TO SAY - IF THERE IS A THIRD WAVE OF H1N1 FLU PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR FLU SHOT, OR SPRAY, NOW ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP THE DESIRED IMMUNITY. THE ADVISORY FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALSO SAID, FOR THE NOVEL H1N1 VACCINE CHILDREN AGES 6 MONTHS THRU 9 YEARS OF AGE VACCINATED SHOULD BE GIVEN TWO DOZES AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS APART. EARLIER REPORTS WE HAVE AIRED INDICATED THAT ALL SHORTAGES OF THE HIN1 VACCINE HAVE BEEN RESPONDED TO AND THERE IS PLENTY OF VACCINE AT HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLINICS AND FROM LOCAL MEDICAL PROVIDERS.