Peterson isn't against all vaccines -- she and her daughters have already gotten the seasonal flu vaccine, for example.
It would then be offered to high risk groups across the island who already receive the seasonal flu vaccine.
Fiore said that, typically, only 20 percent to 50 percent of people in targeted groups seek out seasonal flu vaccine.
"I wish it were easier for people who were looking for seasonal flu vaccine, " Schuchat said in response to a question.
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Meanwhile, swine flu vaccines are being released to GPs in south Wales whose stocks are running low of the seasonal flu vaccine.
The targeted groups differ starkly from the recommendations for seasonal flu vaccine campaigns, which include people 65 and older in the highest-risk group.
So far, clinical trials for the H1N1 vaccine have not indicated adverse side effects beyond what are experienced with the seasonal flu vaccine, Sebelius said.
The company is first waiting for Food and Drug Administration approval of its seasonal flu vaccine, which Adams predicted would come by the end of the year, or early in 2010.
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Even though the regular seasonal flu vaccine contains a strain of the A-flu virus group, it will not prevent you from getting sick if you come in contact with the new flu strain.
Liberal Democrat AM William Powell urged the Welsh Government to put measures in place to increase the take-up of the seasonal flu vaccine to prevent one of the main causes of excess winter deaths.
Further trials will examine questions such as how the vaccine works in combination with the seasonal flu vaccine and whether including an adjutant, a substance that boosts the immune response to vaccines, can make it work better at lower doses.
The resulting surge of papers revealed that the virus is vulnerable to existing seasonal-flu vaccine and common drugs, allaying fears that mischief-makers would conjure it up and wreak havoc.
She recommended parents protect their children under the age of 18 with a seasonal influenza vaccine, since seasonal flu kills 50 to 100 children per year, she said.
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Changes are also being made to the schedule for administering the Meningitis C vaccine and the seasonal flu programme is being extend to include all children aged two to 17 years.
Vaccine companies are making vaccine types for both seasonal flu and H1N1 flu without this mercury-based preservative.
"The technology has advanced in recent years to a point that we believe it could help meet a surge in demand for U.S.-based vaccine for seasonal and pandemic flu, " HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement last week.
Chan said she would recommend that vaccine manufacturers proceed with mass production of an inoculation against the new swine flu strain as soon as they finish production of seasonal vaccine, which she estimated would be complete in about two weeks.
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In a flu season that typically stretches to May, that means that the nation may run out of seasonal vaccine well before demand ceases.
Many times, seasonal flu itself is tough to prevent because it has mutated to a form different than it was when the vaccine was made.
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