NOTE: Your own doctor may be your best option for getting seasonal flu vaccine. Many health care providers have received supplies of seasonal flu vaccine, while other providers are still waiting to receive their vaccines. Providers will continue to receive vaccines in the coming weeks, and vaccination for seasonal flu will continue through November and December, in time to provide protection against the seasonal flu.

Delaware County Health Department DOES plan to hold one immunization clinic to administer seasonal flu vaccine.

Click Here for our Seasonal Flu Clinic

Check with your regular health care provider to see if he/she will offer their patients the seasonal flu vaccine. There may also be other sources of seasonal flu vaccine available locally, such as pharmacies and other retail outlets. Check www.flucliniclocator.org to see if there are any vaccine clinics scheduled at retail outlets near you.

WHO SHOULD GET VACCINATED AGAINST H1N1 FLU?
H1N1 vaccination is now recommended for ALL New Yorkers over 6 months of age, not just those in the initial priority groups. This includes senior citizens age 65 and older.

AM I ELIGIBLE TO GET THE H1N1 FLU VACCINE?
Yes. New York State is now making the vaccine available to ALL New Yorkers. During the first phase of New York’s statewide vaccination campaign, when supplies of vaccine were limited, the State designated the H1N1 vaccine for priority groups considered at highest risk of serious illness and complications from the flu and those at risk of transmitting the flu to vulnerable individuals. Now that there is an adequate supply of vaccine, the State has expanded access to the vaccine to ALL New Yorkers.

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET VACCINATED!
The H1N1 flu season is far from over. H1N1 flu activity is still widespread in New York State. Typically, the most flu activity occurs from January through March, and the flu season runs until May. Getting vaccinated now will provide protection for you against H1N1 flu for the rest of the season this winter and spring.

THE H1N1 VACCINE IS SAFE.
The H1N1 vaccine will NOT make you sick, but the flu WILL. Like the seasonal flu vaccine, the H1N1 vaccine has a very good safety record. Most people who receive the H1N1 flu don’t experience any symptoms afterwards; some feel a temporary mild soreness in the arm. The nasal spray vaccine is also safe, effective, and easy to use.

WHERE CAN I GET THE VACCINE?
The vaccine is available from many health care providers, community health centers, and now pharmacies. Check www.flu.gov to see if any vaccine clinics are scheduled at retail outlets near you.

Delaware County Public Health is periodically holding H1N1 immunization clinics for the public.

The next H1N1 immunization clinics are scheduled for the following dates and locations:

Click Here for our H1N1 Clinic

Check this website frequently for information on additional scheduled clinics.

 
     Why Should I Immunize Myself And My Family?

You can make your child safe from some of the most deadly and crippling diseases in the world. Vaccines are given at an early age because the diseases that they prevent are far more serious and common among babies or young children.

     How Do Vaccinations Work?

Vaccinations give you immunity to a disease before it has a chance to make you sick. Before you get the vaccine, many scientists work to reprogram the virus’s genes. Then the newly mutated cells are injected into your body, where your cells that kill off sickness, destroy the cells, and take a piece of them, so they ‘remember’ it, and how to destroy it.

     What Will Happen If My Child Doesn’t Get The Shots?

If your child was never given any vaccinations, your child’s body would have no memory of the disease, and wouldn’t know how to defend itself from the disease. Once exposed, she would most likely become sick and have to go to the hospital. Her antibodies wouldn’t know how to repel the disease, and so would be ineffective and your child would get sicker and could die, if left untreated for long enough. Also, without vaccinations, your child runs the risk of spreading diseases to other people.

     Monthly vaccination clinics are available for both children and adults
     without health insurance covering the cost of vaccines.

     Immunizations may prevent needless illness for you and your family.
     You can avoid unnecessary medical appointments and hospitalizations for
     vaccine preventable illnesses by being current with your immunizations.

     The clinics are held on the third Tuesday of each month 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
     at the Delaware County Public Health Office at 99 Main St., Delhi, NY.
     Appointments are required!
     Please call Debbie Anderson at 607-746-3166 Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.

     Your current vaccination record will be reviewed prior to receiving any
     vaccines. Parent/guardians must accompany children below age 18.

     For Vaccination Information Statements, please refer to the website listed below and click
     on the appropriate vaccination. www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/default.htm

     Children from 0 - 6 Years of Age Recommended Immunization Schedule
     www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/downloads/child/2009/09_0-6yrs_schedule_pr.pdf

     Children from 7 - 18 Years of Age Recommended Immunization Schedule
     www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/downloads/child/2009/09_7-18yrs_schedule_pr.pdf

     Adults starting from Age 19 - Recommended Immunization Schedule
     www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5753-Immunization.pdf