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The state health department will have 280,000 doses of flu vaccine to
parcel out to city and county health departments this fall.
That's the same number as last year, though the $1.58 million cost was
$222,000 higher than a year ago because of a price increase, said state flu
vaccine program manager Tony Payton.
The state requires local health departments to use those doses
exclusively for vaccinating people who the CDC says are at greatest risk of
flu-related complication, including seniors and the chronically ill.
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Cleveland is expecting 6,000 doses from the state, said Dr. Wendy
Johnson, an acting health commissioner.
The city will offer free flu and pneumonia shots to high-risk people
beginning Oct. 23. However, the shots are intended for those who do not have
access to them through a family doctor, an employer or other means.
Places and times will be posted on the City Health Department's Web site,
healthycleveland.com, in late September. Residents without Internet access
should call 216-664-2324.
Cuyahoga County will have 17,000 doses available, including some that it
bought on the open market, said Tim Eppich, manager of the county's flu
vaccine program. By buying vaccine on its own, the county is free to offer
shots to people besides those on the CDC's high-risk list.
The county's flu shot clinics for high-risk groups will run from Oct. 17
to Nov. 21 at senior centers. The county's schedule will be available on its
Web site, www.ccbh.net, or by calling 216-443-5660.
After Nov. 21, the county will run clinics at schools, companies and
other locations where people who are not high-risk also can be vaccinated.
The county's shots are free to those who have Medicare Part B coverage.
Others will pay $12.
Again this year, private companies will offer flu shots at Cleveland-area
drug, grocery and discount stores.
Maxim Healthcare Services has planned one of the region's largest
for-profit vaccination efforts, scheduling about 350 clinics from
mid-October to late November at Marc's, Tops, Medic, Discount Drug Mart,
Acme, Ritzman and Kmart stores in 12 Northeast Ohio counties.
There is no charge for those with Medicare Part B. For others, the price
is $20 for a flu shot and $25 for a pneumonia shot. A list of Maxim's
clinics is available at www.findaflushot.com.
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MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION
PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS
OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR
LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND
COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH
YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"
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