Posted at: 11/15/2009 5:50 PM
Updated at: 11/15/2009 7:28 PM
By: Matt McFarland
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Albany County gives thousands H1N1 vaccine
ALBANY -- Thousands of Albany County residents were given the H1N1 vaccine during a mass clinic at the Times Union Center on Sunday.
The line stretched outside the arena. There were plenty of parents with strollers and quite a few pregnant women. Some folks even showed up an hour before the doors opened.
When it comes to the swine flu, all of them say they're looking for that shot of prevention, a dose of "better safe than sorry."
"I'm five months pregnant, I teach middle school kids, kids are getting sick, so I was thrilled," said Regina Felio of Delmar.
Felio is one of 4,500 Albany County residents who signed up for this H1N1 clinic and rolled up their sleeves. Not knowing what to expect, she came away pleasantly surprised.
"Was really smooth, had my forms, pre-registered, took five minutes. A bee sting hurts more, didn't hurt," Felio said.
You needed to register for the clinic along with falling into one of the required risk groups, including pregnant women, infants and those living with them, healthcare providers, or children with medical conditions.
"We didn't want her to get sick," said Kathleen Mack, "That's it, right John?"
In fact, for Mack and her two year old grand daughter Isabella, the most difficult thing about Sunday's flu clinic was getting the little one to sit still.
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It's a relief," Mack said. "She has a new sibling that's imminent and we don't want that baby to get sick either, so we're very relieved."
And when it comes to staying healthy, they're hoping the doses of the hard-to-get swine flu vaccine will do the trick. A little bit of prevetion turning out to be the perfect medicine. An antidote for curbing plenty of people's anxiety.
"I feel relieved, I do. I feel that I can go on now, a little safer."
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