The Limits of a Rush

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The Limits of a Rush
It turns out the US government, and our CDC has made a
decision to make the H1N1 vaccine as safely as possible.

This sounds like a good idea, and it is.

But the safest choice turns out to take the longest to make.
The safest choice involves slowly growing the H1N1 vaccine
virus on eggs, requiring about 6 months to make the vaccine.

Another option is a more modern and far faster technique, but
that is not yet tested for safety.

We welcome the CDC's decision and are pleased that the
H1N1 vaccines we offer are very, very safe to take.

BUT, This choice has led to a very slow
roll-out of the H1N1 vaccine in the US.

190 million doses are being made, but only
13 million doses are actually made so far.


NO WAY AROUND IT, WE WILL NOT HAVE
ENOUGH H1N1 VACCINE ON ANY DAY
TO VACCINATE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR
PRACTICE ON A GIVEN DAY.

What we have done is reserve enough 
doses of our first shipment to have 
enough for high-risk children.

What we have also done is try to alert 
everyone when we have a shipment of 
H1N1 arrive.

What we cannot do is provide doses that 
we do not physically possess, no one can.

We will work with everyone to maximize 
the ease of getting H1N1 immunization,
we do ask that all families recognize that 
limits of supply are not something we like,and to work together with our staff to find the best way in for H1N1 immunization.


Within hours of receiving our first
shipment of H1N1 vaccine, our team
established 4 special flu vaccine
clinics and will have administered the
entire first shipment of hundreds of doses
in less than a week. It is not clear how
we could possibly get the material out any
faster.


This is a frustrating time, an epidemic
is raging, vaccine is in short supply.
Please know that we share your
frustration and look forward to working
together to protect your children as
quickly as possible.




Dr. Lavin

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