Nasal Flu Vaccine Soon in Parts of U.S.
October 2, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
If you’ve been waiting for the H1N1 (swine flu) nasal flu vaccine, FluMist, it will be available next week in some parts of the United States, but in limited quantities as this is the first shipment.
Different states have different strategies for who will be the first to be vaccinated, either by FluMist or the traditional injection. Some states, such as Illinois want to vaccinate their first responders, while others, such as Alaska, want to vaccinate the preschoolers first. Pennsylvania will be targeting it’s elementary school-age children first.
The FluMist isn’t for everyone. Because it contains a weakened live virus, it is not for people with health problems, but for healthy people who are in high risk groups. Those who are chronically ill must wait for the injection, which is the dead virus and has no chance of causing illness.
Are you going to get vaccinated against H1N1?
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