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Emergency Preparedness Report September 2011 th First Flu Clinic of the Season, October 5, 2011 th From 9am to 12pm on Wednesday, October 5, the first flu clinic of the season will take place at St. Brigid’s Parish Hall. Pneumococcal vaccine will also be available. This clinic is targeted for those residents aged 60 and older. So far, we have 11 Medical Reserve Corps volunteers signed up to help out for this clinic. Prioritization of State Supplied Flu Vaccine Due to state budget cuts, MDPH has reduced the amount of flu vaccine available to local boards of health and other public providers by 23%. Because of this, MDPH has made the recommendation that state supplied flu vaccine be prioritized for those at high risk for contracting the flu and are uninsured or underinsured (health insurance does not cover flu vaccination). Lexington Board of Health State-supplied injectable doses for 19 250 years and older State-supplied “Flumist” for those 2-18 200 years of age State-supplied injectable doses for those 180 under 19 years of age Privately purchased injectable flu doses 440 Privately purchased injectable flu doses 450 for Town of Lexington employees TOTAL 1520 doses Lexington Public Schools (for use at school based clinics) State-supplied injectable doses for those 90 under 19 years of age State-supplied “Flumist” doses for those 170 2-18 years of age TOTAL 260 doses Katahdin Woods and Avalon Building on previous years’ clinics at Katahdin Woods and Avalon apartment complexes, the Health Division is in the process of working with these apartment complexes to set up small, pre-registration only flu clinics, as a way to exercise emergency plans that may come in to play in the event of real emergency.