WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE -
October 8, 2009 is H1N1 flu shot day for city of Milwaukee health care workers and first responders. Tuesday Milwaukee received its first 1500 doses of vaccines, the first of tens of thousands of doses to be received in the next month.
A Milwaukee health worker administered one of the first doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine to Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker Thursday.
This mass H1N1 inoculation is also happening at Milwaukee fire stations across the city. Milwaukee Fire Chief Doug Holton said, "Our members respond to 150 EMS calls on average per day. Last year, we responded to approximately 54,000 EMT calls."
The H1N1 inoculation plan statewide for communities is an offensive strategy. Baker says, "It is very important that we are protected from his illness, so we don't pass it on."
Milwaukee Fire Chief Doug Holton says government, hospital health workers, EMTs, fire and police first responders will get the H1N1 vaccine first. "It is not mandatory, it's voluntary. It's up to each individual. We're highly encouraging each individual to get the vaccine, it's a personal choice."
In a few weeks the nasal mist and shot versions of the vaccine will become available, and that's when the general public will be inoculated.
MIlwaukee's Medical Director Geoffery Swain believes the best protection is for people to think double. Swain says, "You have to be vaccinated against seasonal flu, and separately against this new H1N1...These are two different strains of virus, you have to have the vaccine to match them."
A Milwaukee health worker administered one of the first doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine to Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker Thursday.
This mass H1N1 inoculation is also happening at Milwaukee fire stations across the city. Milwaukee Fire Chief Doug Holton said, "Our members respond to 150 EMS calls on average per day. Last year, we responded to approximately 54,000 EMT calls."
The H1N1 inoculation plan statewide for communities is an offensive strategy. Baker says, "It is very important that we are protected from his illness, so we don't pass it on."
Milwaukee Fire Chief Doug Holton says government, hospital health workers, EMTs, fire and police first responders will get the H1N1 vaccine first. "It is not mandatory, it's voluntary. It's up to each individual. We're highly encouraging each individual to get the vaccine, it's a personal choice."
In a few weeks the nasal mist and shot versions of the vaccine will become available, and that's when the general public will be inoculated.
MIlwaukee's Medical Director Geoffery Swain believes the best protection is for people to think double. Swain says, "You have to be vaccinated against seasonal flu, and separately against this new H1N1...These are two different strains of virus, you have to have the vaccine to match them."
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