SEASONAL FLU VACCINE DELAY
Due to a manufacturing issue we are unable to schedule flu shots at this time. Flu mist is available for healthy children age 2 and above with no history of Asthma, chronic illness, or breathing medication in the last year. We, like many other facilities received our first shipment of flu vaccine, however due to the swine flu outbreak, Sanofi Pasteur, the company that produces the flu vaccine in the United States, put the packaging and shipping of seasonal flu vaccine on hold to package and ship the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine which is due out in October. Therefore our future seasonal flu vaccine shipments have been delayed and are expected to be delivered sometime in November. As soon as we receive the H1N1 vaccine or the seasonal flu vaccine we will put a notice on our website, as well as send out a mass email to anyone registered on our website that we are ready to begin scheduling.
Another option is to check with your local CVS/pharmacy or Walgreens that have the clinics in them, (not the pharmacy-they only vaccinate age 12 and above). The Clinics at CVS will administer the flu vaccine starting at age 18months, and Walgreens at age 2 on a walk-in basis while their supplies last. Thank you for your patience throughout this delay, and we apologize for your inconvenience.
UPDATED INFORMATION FROM KIDS HEALTH FIRST:
Sanofi Pasteur is making all reasonable efforts to deliver both Fluzone vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine as quickly as possible, but this effort continues to present production and shipping challenges. They are working at maximum capacity to produce a total of 125 million doses of influenza vaccine in the time it typically takes to produce 50 million doses of Fluzone vaccine.
Unfortunately, the unprecedented challenge of producing 2 influenza vaccines in 1 year has led to multiple changes in the Fluzone vaccine shipping