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H1N1 vaccination clinic in Kincardine Nov. 30
By Liz Dadson

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Kincardine council has agreed to waive the rental fee for the Grey Bruce Health Unit to provide an H1N1 flu vaccination clinic at the Davidson Centre on Monday, Nov. 30. This will be for priority cases only, including people under age 65 with chronic medical conditions; pregnant women with pre-existing health condition or who are more than 20 weeks gestation; healthy children, aged six months to five years; and health care workers.

Mayor Larry Kraemer told council last night (Nov. 4) that he had spoken to medical officer of health Dr. Hazel Lynn of the Grey Bruce Health Unit to get an update on the situation with the H1N1 flu virus. There have been no deaths in Grey-Bruce because of this disease and only a few people admitted to hospital because of it. There will be 4,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine available in Kincardine, 1,200 doses sent to Bruce Power. So far, 25,000 doses have been sent to the health unit, with another 70,000 on order. Lynn said the demand of the vaccine has decreased in Grey-Bruce.
 

 Besides the Nov. 30 H1N1 vaccination clinic in Kincardine, there will be H1N1 clinics in Port Elgin on Nov. 18 and in Walkerton on Nov. 25, said Kraemer.

Councillor Gordon Campbell asked if some sectors were getting preferential treatment over the rest of the population, suggesting some hockey players were being vaccinated for H1N1.

"Those who meet the priorities are the ones getting the vaccine," said Kraemer. "Local medical teams and their staff are conscious of who is receiving it."

"The nuclear station is in a different category than a hockey team," said councillor Ron Hewitt.

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