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Monday, November 08, 2004Nursing-home personnel have heard flu shots will be coming their way. They've heard their residents and workers are a priority. But it's more than a month after grocery stores and pharmacies lured customers with in-store flu clinics, and Ohio's 800 nursing homes have yet to see any vaccine. There's no word on when they will. ...Medical experts have known for decades that the flu virus preys on the elderly and infirm. While influenza typically kills five of every 1 million infected people between the ages of 5 and 49, it kills 1,000 out of every 1 million infected people 65 or older. Put another way: 91 percent of last year's flu deaths were of those 65 or older. ...A few weeks ago, he saw a story on network TV news in which an 18-year-old college freshman got a flu shot. She told the network: ``I heard there was a shortage, so I thought I'd get one." Summit Villa had ordered 110 doses from Chiron. It was to be delivered Oct. 25. ``There is none available, we're told. It's pending at this point,'' Pearson said. ``We have no date. We have no promise, other than if some comes available, we're a priority.'' But, he added: ``They say a lot of things, and we're trusting that's the case.'' It would be a whole lot easier to trust them if they'd communicate a little better. posted by Sydney on 11/08/2004 07:43:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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