H1N1 Vaccination Clinic
Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The vaccine is free of charge for interested faculty, students and staff.

Friday, November 20, 2009 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The vaccine is free of charge for interested community members, faculty, students and staff.

In order to receive the nasal spray, you must be younger than 49 years of age, and have no pre-existing conditions such as asthma, diabetes, thyroid disorders, s/p chemotherapy, neurological illnesses, etc. If you have any further questions about the nasal spray vaccine, see Questions & Answers: 2009 H1N1 Nasal Spray Vaccine

The injectable vaccine is reserved for those who are considered the “high risk” group. This includes women who are pregnant, caretakers of infants under 6 months of age, people with pre-existing conditions such as asthma, emphysema, other types of COPD, s/p cancer treatment, neurological or autoimmune disorders, etc. It does not include uncomplicated high blood pressure or cardiac illnesses. If you have questions about whether you qualify for the injectable vaccine or have any general questions about the vaccine, please call the Health Center at (315) 684-6078 for clarification.

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The production of H1N1 flu vaccine has encountered delays. As a result, the Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has told New York and other states not to expect large amounts of the vaccine until mid-November or later.

The Student Health Center at Morrisville State College expects to receive a very limited number of these H1N1 vaccines. The vaccine will be in the form of a nasal spray. The nasal spray is a live virus, which can only be used by people between 2 to 49 years old who do not have any immunodeficiency conditions (asthma, diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, lupus, etc.).

The vaccine will first be administered to employees who are essential to the college’s functioning 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Plans are to administer the vaccine to Children’s Center employees next, and if supplies permit, to nursing students who attend clinical rotations in hospitals.

As the Student Health Center receives more of the vaccine, it will be distributed to students and faculty/staff in the high risk/priority group. If you belong to the high risk/priority group, contact the Health Center about the vaccine after checking with your medical provider.

If you belong to one of the high risk/priority groups for the H1N1 vaccine, you may also want to check with your medical provider frequently to see if they receive the vaccine the health center does. The high risk groups are:

• Pregnant women
• Caretakers of children younger than 6 months of age (too young to get vaccine)
• Health care and emergency service personnel
• Persons age 6 months to 24 years old
• Persons 25-65 years old with health conditions with higher complications from flu (chronic lung disease, heart disease, kidney failure, HIV, getting chemotherapy, diabetes, muscular disorders)

Note: The supply of vaccine is coordinated by the CDC. Whenever the CDC notifies the State Department of Health (DOH) of available vaccine, DOH quickly distributes the vaccine to clinical sites across the state. Based on the most recent CDC projections of vaccine supply, many providers may not receive the vaccine for several weeks.

During the first week of orders, the DOH received requests from health care providers for 3.16 million doses of the vaccine. The DOH was notified by the CDC that only 160,000 doses of vaccine were available to ship to providers in New York state (outside New York City). As a result, DOH had only one dose of vaccine to fill for every 20 requests.