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Long lines for city's H1N1 vaccinations

Oct 25, 2009
 
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A long line of Chicagoans, this group numbering about 500, waited to receive the H1N1 vaccine at West Side Technical Institute today. Free clinics were set up at six City College locations and health officials cautioned the supply is more limited than they had hoped. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune) Long lines formed today as free clinics throughout Chicago began dispensing H1N1 swine flu vaccinations. SEE VIDEO. The clinics are set up at six City College locations, and health officials are cautioning that the supply is more limited than they had hoped and that it would be reserved only for high-risk population groups. Each site has about 1,500 doses and officials will start turning away people once they reach that number. At the West Side Technical Institute, 2800 S. Western Ave., the line numbered more than 600 at 9:30 a.m.... [read full story]                    

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