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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top colspan="2"><TD>March 15, 2010
"Third wave' of H1N1 could follow spring break
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left>By Sarah Strandberg
While H1N1 isn't dominating the news as it was last fall, we're not out of the woods yet, according to Winneshiek County Public Health officials.
Winneshiek County Public Health's Nursing Administrator Krista Vanden Brink and Nancy Sacquitne, RN, BSN, met with members of the media last week to report on the status of local vaccination efforts.
Sacquitne said places such as Africa and Central America are seeing an increase in H1N1, and after college students travel on spring break, a third wave of H1N1 is "very likely."
"People still have to be aware of it," Vanden Brink said. "People have become complacent. They don't realize it still is around."
Winneshiek County Public Health, located in the Smith Building in Decorah, 305 Montgomery St., still has the H1N1 vaccine available at no cost. Walk-in clinic hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
9,000 vaccinated
Since the H1N1 vaccine became available, Winneshiek County Public Health has vaccinated 7,858 people. Countywide, a total of 9,000 people have been inoculated through public health, private clinics and at Luther College.
The local media helped publicize the importance of getting vaccinated, Sacquitne said.
She added parents of children under age 10 are being reminded their children need a second dose to be completely immunized. Public Health still has a list of more than 300 children who received the initial vaccine but did not receive the second one.
"They truly are not immunized until they get a second dose," Sacquitne said.
Children under age 10 need a second dose at least 30 days after the first dose. Sacquitne said Public Health has sent out postcards reminding parents about the second dose and will be following up with phone calls. Parents with questions are encouraged to call Public Health at 382-4662.
In Iowa, 58 deaths have been blamed on H1N1 - most of the victims had pre-existing medical conditions. But Sacquitne said she's also aware of cases where healthy people became very ill within a short period of time and that three children in La Crosse died from the virus.
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"Third wave' of H1N1 could follow spring break
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left>By Sarah Strandberg
While H1N1 isn't dominating the news as it was last fall, we're not out of the woods yet, according to Winneshiek County Public Health officials.
Winneshiek County Public Health's Nursing Administrator Krista Vanden Brink and Nancy Sacquitne, RN, BSN, met with members of the media last week to report on the status of local vaccination efforts.
Sacquitne said places such as Africa and Central America are seeing an increase in H1N1, and after college students travel on spring break, a third wave of H1N1 is "very likely."
"People still have to be aware of it," Vanden Brink said. "People have become complacent. They don't realize it still is around."
Winneshiek County Public Health, located in the Smith Building in Decorah, 305 Montgomery St., still has the H1N1 vaccine available at no cost. Walk-in clinic hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
9,000 vaccinated
Since the H1N1 vaccine became available, Winneshiek County Public Health has vaccinated 7,858 people. Countywide, a total of 9,000 people have been inoculated through public health, private clinics and at Luther College.
The local media helped publicize the importance of getting vaccinated, Sacquitne said.
She added parents of children under age 10 are being reminded their children need a second dose to be completely immunized. Public Health still has a list of more than 300 children who received the initial vaccine but did not receive the second one.
"They truly are not immunized until they get a second dose," Sacquitne said.
Children under age 10 need a second dose at least 30 days after the first dose. Sacquitne said Public Health has sent out postcards reminding parents about the second dose and will be following up with phone calls. Parents with questions are encouraged to call Public Health at 382-4662.
In Iowa, 58 deaths have been blamed on H1N1 - most of the victims had pre-existing medical conditions. But Sacquitne said she's also aware of cases where healthy people became very ill within a short period of time and that three children in La Crosse died from the virus.
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Full article at:
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