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An estimated 4,000 Montgomery County residents lined up to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine at a clinic set up at the University of Dayton Arena Nov. 5.

Staff photo by Jim Witmer An estimated 4,000 Montgomery County residents lined up to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine at a clinic set up at the University of Dayton Arena Nov. 5.

By Anthony Gottschlich and Christopher Magan
Staff Writers Updated 11:57 AM Friday, November 6, 2009

DAYTON — About 3,600 Montgomery County residents were vaccinated for the H1N1 flu at University of Dayton Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Thousands lined up for the clinic’s 2 p.m. start, and although officials had to close the line at 5:30 p.m., 90 minutes before the clinic’s closing, no one was turned away.

“It went very well, very smooth,” said Bill Wharton, spokesman for Public Health — Dayton and Montgomery County.

Pregnant women, people ages 6 months through 24 years, health care workers and other groups deemed high-priority by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started lining up at the arena about 7:30 a.m.

Officials with Public Health — Dayton and Montgomery County brought 8,400 doses of the vaccine in both injectable and nasal spray form, said Jeff Cooper, assistant to Health Commissioner Jim Gross.

While plenty are left over, Wharton said the next clinic won’t be scheduled until the next vaccine shipment arrives next week. Health Commissioner Jim Gross said future clinics likely will be held at UD Arena or Hara Arena in Trotwood, where Public Health vaccinated 1,415 pregnant women and young children last week.

Jennifer LaLonde, 27, of Huber Heights said she got in line around noon with her son, Hudson, 8 months.

“When this popped up and we read about it in the newspaper, we came straight down,” said LaLonde, a daycare worker at the YMCA Kidzone in Dayton.

LaLonde said she’s been anxious to get Hudson vaccinated because he’s surrounded by children at daycare. She expects he’ll take it well.

“He got his (seasonal) flu shot and he didn’t even cry,” she said.

Meanwhile, lines were noticeably shorter at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia for an H1N1 clinic clinic after thousands lined up a week ago to receive the vaccine.

“It is significantly smaller,” Sara Pappa, spokeswoman for the Greene County Combined Health District said of the line.

The health district received “several thousand” of both the nasal and injectable vaccines this week. A third vaccine clinic is planned for next Thursday, Nov. 12.

The clinics are reserved for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention high priority groups, which include: pregnant women; people who live with or provide care for infants under 6 months, including parents, siblings and day care providers; health care and emergency medical services workers; people ages 6 months through 24 years, and people ages 25 through 64 years who have chronic medical conditions such as lung or heart disease, diabetes, or other immuno-compromised conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications.

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