Story Published:
Nov 10, 2009 at 9:52 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Nov 10, 2009 at 11:17 PM CDT
Dozens of people were lined up two hours before the Woodrow Wilson School H1N1 clinic got underway. Jana Heffron says she arrived early because she was turned away from the Monday night Chillicothe clinic.
"7:30 when they lined five police officer in front of the doors, locked them and told us we had to leave", said Heffron.
But Tuesday mostly everyone who stood in line was able to secure a vaccine, including me. I was number 401, and by the time I was ready to get vaccinated, there was barely a wait. I got the nasal mist.
The Peoria County Health Department Spokeswoman, said the live virus is "for healthy people between the ages of two and 49. We have about half of our doses also available in injection as well".
But the injections are only available to children, people with health problems and pregnant women. The Wilson school vaccine was the second of a month long clinic the county health department hopes to provide.
"We only received our first initial shipment and we are expecting shipments every week now from the manufactures", said Scott.
If you're planning on getting the H1N1 vaccine plan to be early, make sure you're in a priority group, and dress for the weather- it's likely you will have to wait in line.
"Absolutely, if it's guaranteed it's worth the wait. It's just the wait and then being turned away was very disappointing", said Heffron.
For a listing of the November clinics in Peoria County, log on to www.peoriacounty.org
Wednesday, Nov 11 at 4:23 PM also wrote ...
The Health Dept. was giving out the vaccines earlier than these clinics to people who already had other appointments at their facility. How did that reach the older citizens with chronic illnesses in the community?