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| Written by Ali Amir Mustansir, The Shorthorn senior staff | ||||
| Tuesday, 01 December 2009 07:50 PM | ||||
Vaccine LocationsArlington Public Health Center536 W. Randol Mill Road Arlington, Texas 76011 817-548-3990 Cooper Oaks Crossroads 5415 S. Cooper St. #125 Arlington, Texas 76017 817-321-4700 Northwest Public Health Center 3800 Adam Grubb Road Lake Worth, Texas 76135 817-238-4441 Bagsby-Williams Public Health Center 3212 Miller Ave. Fort Worth, Texas 76119 817-531-6738 La Gran Plaza Mall Public Health Center 4200 S. Freeway Fort Worth, Texas 76115 817-920-5752 Eastchase Marketplace 1550 Eastchase Parkway #100 Fort Worth, Texas 76120 817-321-4700 The Mercado 1500 N. Main St., Suite 138 Fort Wirth, Texas 76106 817-321-4700 Watauga Public Health Center 6601 Watauga Road, Suite 122 Watauga, Texas 76148 817-514-5030 Northeast Public Health Center 813 Brown Trail Bedford, Texas 76022 817-285-4155 Parkwood Village 217 Harwood #106 Bedford, Texas 76021 817-321-4700 Cherry Hill Plaza 1636 S. Cherry Lane White Settlement, TX 76108 817-321-4700 Source: Tarrant County spokesman Marc Flake The Arlington Public Health Center on Cooper Street and Randol Mill Road is the closest vaccination location to campus. TCPH received more than 19,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine November 20, and an additional 11,000 doses arrived Monday, according to a press release. The Texas Department of State Health Services is expected to send even more next week, the release states. University spokeswoman Kristin Sullivan said the university is hoping to receive more than a thousand doses, but does not expect them until the middle of December. Sullivan said the university gave out about 2,700 seasonal flu shots offered this semester. Until Tuesday the H1N1 vaccines were only available to specific target groups, recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommendations were applicable when availability of the vaccine was limited, but TCPH has determined that the vaccine is now widely available in both the public and private sectors, according to the release. Tarrant County spokesman Marc Flake said the vaccines would be available to all Tarrant County residents, including students. He said many students can’t afford the $10 to $20 private sources, like pharmacies or primary care providers, but ask for and could get the free vaccine. Flake said making the vaccine available to everyone is in the public interest. He said H1N1 is a public health issue and if more people are vaccinated there would be fewer incidents. TCPH held a mass vaccination clinic at the Arlington Convention Center on Nov. 24, Flake said. “We had a little under 1,400 attend,” he said. “It was the lowest number of people for any of our mass vaccination events. The target groups [did] include young adults from 18 to 25, who are considered college age. We had very few people from this age group participating.” Aerospace engineering sophomore Jonathan Efinger said the shortage didn’t really concern him because he got the seasonal flu shot and pays close attention to his hygiene, but may get the H1N1 shot now that it is available. “I’d be pretty interested considering it is a pretty big issue these days,” Efinger said. Flake said people should still practice the health safety precautions TCPH has suggested, like washing hands regularly or sneezing and coughing into their elbow. “Now that we have the vaccine we can say ‘Go out and get vaccinated,’ ” he said. He said people may travel to areas hit harder by H1N1 during the holidays. Flake said TCPH is encouraging people to get the vaccination soon because it takes two weeks for the vaccine to incubate. In addition to health centers, TCPH will have vaccination locations at six stores in Tarrant County, he said. Views: 978 | E-mail
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