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County opens up swine flu vaccine clinic to all target groups

November 30th, 2009, 6:00 am · 5 Comments · posted by Courtney Perkes

newflushotpic1With more than 500,000 swine flu vaccine doses in Orange County, the Health Care Agency will now offer free H1N1 vaccines to any person in a targeted group who doesn’t have access elsewhere.  The vaccines will be offered Monday-Saturday  in Santa Ana by appointment only. Here’s who qualifies:

  • Pregnant women
  • Anyone who lives with or provides care for infants aged less than 6 months (e.g., parents, siblings, and daycare providers)
  • Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel
  • Young people  ages 6 months through 24 years
  • Adults 25 to 64 years who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications . See a list here.

To make an appointment, including for a second dose for children 6 months to 9 years, call 1-800-564-8448 Monday - Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Vaccinations are given at the Health Care Agency, 1725 W. Seventeenth St.  in Santa Ana.

Vaccination hours are:
Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Closed for lunch 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. daily
Closed on December 25, 2009 and January 1, 2010

In other vaccination news, UC Irvine has vaccinated  3,100 students, faculty and staff so far. One more clinic will take place Dec. 1 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Student Center. Click here for more information.

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 5 Comments

  • dennis powers says:
    November 30, 2009 at 8:54 am

    I wonder why there is not more information in the news regarding the number of people in Orange County who have died of the swine flu and statistics regarding their age? What is the number of people outside the designated target group (over 64 years) who have died?

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  • logicisourfriend says:
    November 30, 2009 at 9:15 am

    I don’t fall under any of the criteria. Great.

    Thanks Obama, this isn’t the “change” I thought you were referring to in your campaign. Loser.

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  • Jim says:
    November 30, 2009 at 9:55 am

    The government offering all these free vaccines … One, the County is in a deep budget crisis, and so is the State and the Federal government. Where did all the money come from? Two, the swine flu is a manufactured crisis. Three, the vaccines are making the matter worse by spreading the flu and harming people who have a bad reaction to the mercury and the foreign DNA and RNA. Last, do you trust a team-up of BIG government and BIG pharma? I don’t. They can keep their soft-kill weapons for themselves.

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  • Dorian says:
    November 30, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Vaccines strip you of your immune system leaving you open to all kinds of deadly diseases. The system is NOT trying to help you because they are concerned about you. They have openly written their end goal is to reduce the population, so keep that in mind when you go for your vaccine. If you doubt this, ask for a copy of the insert that comes with the vaccine and read the risks and side effects.

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  • Loretta says:
    December 1, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    Our appointment is for tomorrow afternoon to get the kids their 2nd dose. The first one in Irvine on October 31st was a bit of a bear.

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