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Great Lakes Naval Base Has Yet to Receive H1N1 Vaccines


 
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Military personnel at Great Lakes Naval Base north of Chicago have not yet received H1N1-swine flu vaccines.

Great Lakes spokesman Ken Cronk says a thorough education campaign has begun and hand sanitizer is available... but...

CRONK: As far as the vaccine itself, the health clinics have not yet received any H1N1 vaccine. As soon as we do, we will launch the priority and protocols for administering the vaccine.

Cronk says he expects shipments of the vaccine to arrive by the third week of November. All military personnel will have to get the immunization. The free vaccine will be optional for family members living on the base.

There have been 78 reported cases of H1N1 at Great Lakes since May of this year.

Twenty-five thousand people live on the base. That includes 7,000-10,000 enlisted troops at any given time.

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