Crowds of people came out for the first publicized H1N1 flu clinic in the Rochester region Thursday. It was in Batavia and the line was out the door. Some people even came from Monroe County to get protected. That's because Monroe County has not scheduled any public clinics yet. That has other counties preparing for huge turnouts at their clinics.
Wayne County has 1500 doses of the vaccines. Its first H1N1 clinic is next week. They're worried if too many people come from surrounding counties they could run out.
Pam Foxluger lives in Monroe County. She's been trying to get her daughter the H1N1 vaccine with no luck. She says kids are already coming down with the illness. "It's at the high schools. A lot of the kids have it. They're already sick. It's already being spread so I think it's a little late," said Foxluger.
Other parents aren't as concerned. "Maybe I'd let other people get it before I'd rush in because my daughter is healthy," said Julie Scnepf, a Rochester parent.
Wayne County is having its first public H1N1 public clinic next week. It's being held at Lyons High School. They have enough vaccine for people in Lyons and Lyons only. "We do expect Monroe county residents and we also expect people from other parts of county to come. We do really encourage people to not come if they don't live in the area," said Valerie Edell, a Wayne Count Public Health Department.
This is frustrating for Wayne County because the supply it gets is based on its population. "If we're holding a clinic and we have people from other counties coming the people in Wayne County that need the vaccine or qualify for the vaccine probably won't be getting it," said Edell.
The vaccines are given out on a first come first served basis. If someone is in the at-risk group health leaders won't turn them away even if they live somewhere else.
Monroe County is waiting till it has more supply before it schedules public H1N1 clinics. They plan to have some starting in the next few weeks.