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Thousands turn out for vaccine clinic
XENIA — Bellbrook sisters Bridget Hilgeford and Chris Connor thought they’d be first in line for their children to get the H1N1 flu vaccine when they came to the fairgrounds two hours before a clinic started Thursday, Oct. 29.
“I thought we’d be first, but there were a couple hundred people in front of me,” said Connor, who brought her sons Colin, 16, and Tristan, 4, along with Hilgeford’s 11-month-old son Wyatt.
They joined more than 2,000 others who waited in a line that snaked through the Greene County Fairgrounds parking lot to get the vaccine now only available for children and those most at risk. “His age and I’m pregnant,” was reason enough for Hilgeford to endure the wait. The line was heavily populated by families with young children.
Jon and Stacey Shampton, of Xenia, brought their sons, Stephen, 7, and Jonathan,10. Neither were excited to get a shot, but mom and dad were insistent. “I’ll just feel safer if they’re protected,” Stacey said.
Sara Pappa, spokeswoman for the Greene County Combined Health District, said they planned to keep the clinic open until 7 p.m. or when the few thousand vaccines the health district has run out. It took about 80 people, 30 staff and 50 volunteers, to hold the clinic, Pappa said. Others will be announced as soon as the county receives vaccine. It’s unclear when that will be.
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