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By Tiffany Y. Latta, Staff Writer 10:54 PM Thursday, October 29, 2009

MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown Health Department will hold its first free H1N1 clinic Saturday, Oct. 31, inoculating people at the highest risk of suffering complications from the disease.

The clinic, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Miami University Middletown’s Johnston Hall, will be for pregnant women, young children and their care givers, who are at the top of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s priority list.

The health department has 1,800 doses of the vaccine and is urging healthy adults to wait to get the H1N1 vaccination to allow the most vulnerable to get inoculated first.

“If we opened it up to everybody, we would run out and may not get the target group that needs it most,” said Jackie Phillips, director of nursing for the Middletown Health Department.

Middletown’s clinic comes a week after the Butler County Health Department held its H1N1 clinics at the fairgrounds.

The clinic attracted between 5,000 to 6,000 on the first day of the two-day clinic, said Patricia Burg, director of the health department. The large crowd forced officials at one point to shut down the fairgrounds to new arrivals.

Phillips said Middletown health officials hope to avoid massive crowds because of their limited supply.

She said residents will be given cards upon arrival to prevent people from waiting in line after the supply is depleted.

Phillips said people 50 and older seem to have some immunity to the H1N1 virus because of previous vaccinations and previous exposure to other flu viruses.

“Let’s be smart,” Phillips said. “We’re concerned about our citizens. We don’t want our babies dying.”

Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2180  or tlatta@coxohio.com.

Free public H1N1 clinic

When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Saturday, Oct. 31; doors open at 8:30 a.m.

Where: Miami University Middletown, Johnston Hall, 4200 N. University Blvd.

Other info: Residents may preregister, but it is not required and does not ensure vaccination. To register, complete forms at www.flu.ohio.gov or h1n1vaccine.odh.ohio.gov.

High-risk groups that can be vaccinated include:

• Pregnant women

• People who live with or care for infants younger than 6 months

• Officials will ask which high risk category you fit in

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When I went, they were not turning anyone away. They had a great system and were very helpful. In and out in under 10mins with two kids in tow. Thanks!

Mom to 2
9:04 PM, 10/31/2009

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Just got the swine flu shot today at Johnston Hall and it only took 5 minutes for everything. No one asked me if I was eligiable but I had both of my inhalers if I needed to proove my health issue. Kevin sorry that you had such a bad experiance but I would retry if I were you.

MRD
12:49 PM, 10/31/2009

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did you think it was first come first serve? Anyone with sense knew who was eligible. Or you could have read the 3400 articles that stated who was eligible, or how to find out if you were.

cry me a river
10:06 AM, 10/31/2009

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I just got back from the H1N1 vaccine being giving out at Johnston Hall and I was turned away. The lady handing out he cards asked me if she could help me and I said I have heart failure, I am a diabetic and without blinking an eye she said "we are only accepting people under 18 years of age" I said it would have been nice if the Middletown Journal would have stated that in the notice of the vaccine being given out,she said it was in the paper..Still think Obamacare will include the old folks???

Kevin Auvil
9:51 AM, 10/31/2009

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There have been no placebo-controlled studies on flu vaccines because the vaccine pushers say such clinical trials would be "unethical." Thus, there is actually no hard scientific evidence that they work at all.

Flu vaccines only produce antibodies in people who don't need vaccines. At the same time, they fail to produce antibodies in people who are most vulnerable to flu. Thus, vaccines only work in people who don't need them

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1:09 PM, 10/30/2009

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