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By Eric Robinette 1:01 AM Sunday, November 1, 2009

MIDDLETOWN — About 1,300 people received the H1N1 vaccine at flu clinic held Saturday, Oct. 31 by the Middletown Health Department at Miami University Middletown — and there were dosages left over by the end.

The clinic drew people from as far away as Cincinnati, and a number of attendees commented on how well organized they thought the event was. Other H1N1 clinics in the area have had to turn people away and/or close down.

“We tried to go to one at the (Butler County) fairgrounds last Friday — we read about this last night and thought we’d give it a shot. We didn’t even get in at the fairgrounds” said Christopher Growcock of Madison Twp.

Janice Kaup, who came from Cincinnati, said, “This was great. It’s very impressive. We didn’t have to wait in a long line.”

Jackie Phillips, the director of nursing the for the Middletown Health Department, said the clinic went smoothly partly because it followed other clinics, and partly because it targeted high-risk groups, such as children and pregnant women.

Attendees made their way through registration lines and then went into a room at the Campus Community Center to receive their dosages. TVs played movies to make kids feel more at ease. One played Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.,” and another played the Jim Carrey version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

One of the few complaints Karl Konsdorf of Franklin had about the event was that sometimes the cries of children could be heard outside the room, which would set other kids on edge.

On the whole, though, he said the clinic “went a lot faster than I thought ... they’ve got it all streamlined and it seems pretty well organized.”

Many of the kids took their shots with little fuss, although a number of them cried, probably not planning to be scared in exactly this way on Halloween.

“She did not cry one bit,” said Kaup, referring to her 3-year-old daughter Cecilia, who got through her shot with not more than a worried look on her face. Phillips said she would meet this week with other health department officials to schedule another clinic, depending on how much of the vaccine is available. She said there were about 500 shots left after Saturday’s clinic. 

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If someone gets the flu after getting the vaccine, they had been exposed prior to getting the vaccine or before full immunity developed after the vaccine. You're not immune immediately after getting it! It takes up to 2 weeks to reach full immunity. It is completely normal to have headache, body aches and low grade temp. Means your body is doing it's job building up antibodies! Actually a good thing according to my doc and my daughters doc!

Kimberly Binkley
9:47 AM, 11/2/2009

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It's normal to run a low grad temp and have body aches after a flu shot. so many people think they actually got the flu, when they really didn't. Doctors need to tell people this more often. It's your bodies immune system buiding antibodies in response to the vaccine. Even though it's a killed virus in the shot, your body still recognizes it as a virus and immediately starts attacking it. My daugheter had a temp of 100 with headahce and body aches that lasted about 24 hours. NORMAL!

Kimberly Binkley
9:43 AM, 11/2/2009

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My child got the h1n1 shot when it was past out in hamiltown, he got a cold afterwards. When I took him to the doc to see what was wrong the doc told me after the h1n1 shot everyone who gets the shot gets a snuis infection. So he was still sick! Running a fever 102.6 for 2days. My son is 3yrs paretens watch ur kids. plz Im not sayin not to get the shot. My daughter got the shot and still got the flu. I got the shot and also got a snius infection. Im just telling you, watch the kids. thanx

fair grounds
5:17 PM, 11/1/2009

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The vaccine itself is grown in eggs, unlike old vaccines which did contain mercury. The vaccine is not dangerous, if it were, we would be seeing many many more infections in the last weeks, but it has stayed pretty consistent with the season on flu tracker. Also, Guillain-Barré syndrome was a side effect of the vaccine in the 70's, it isn't a widely reported side effect with the modern vaccine. I did the nasal mist and suffered no problems, as did my wife and family.

Joshua
5:08 PM, 11/1/2009

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Thanks gomogi1. I've been really looking for someone who isn't as educated about the matter to debunk the whole thing for us all. Now, can you come do my taxes? What should I invest in? I will do whatever you say!

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4:31 PM, 11/1/2009

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