Thousands Turn Out For NKY H1N1 Clinic

WALTON, Ky. - WLWT.com

Throngs of people lined up and rolled up their sleeves to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus.

Workers from the Northern Kentucky Health Department spent much of Saturday administering shots to thousands of people in Walton.

By all accounts, the family-friendly clinic was a big success and didn't run into a shortage of vaccines.

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"Well, for her it wasn't any good, but the end result will be good and we did it so she'll be OK and stay healthy. That's the good," Stephanie Kendall, of Hebron, said.

After doing their homework and getting an earful about the pros and cons of the vaccine, the Kendall's said they felt confident that showing up at the clinic was the right thing to do.

"We've had a lot of questions and a lot of answers and different mixed emotions, but we felt should just go ahead and go through it and get it done and over with," Rockie Kendall said.

After distributing thousands of doses of the vaccine, workers said the clinics are critical in the fight against an already fatal strain of flu.

"We were doing about a thousand people an hour," Emily Gresham-Wherle, of the NKHD, said. "We had lots and lots of families, lots of kids which is great to protect those littlest kids. I mean, this illness has been affecting kids quite a bit, so to be able to get the families in there and get them vaccinated is a wonderful thing."

For Gevana Hicks, deciding to get the vaccine for herself and her daughter, Julia, was an intensely personal choice.

"I'm actually diabetic, so this was really important to me to make sure I stay healthy, and my mom has had cancer recently. It's very important that Julia get the shot so it wasn't passed on to my mom," Hicks said.

Another clinic will be held next weekend on Saturday at Summitview Middle School in Independence.

Two more clinics have also been added in Hamilton County, Ohio. However, both clinics require appointments.

The first clinic is Tuesday at the Job and Family Services building in Cincinnati's Corryville neighborhood.

That one is just for expectant mothers and adults who live with or care for children younger than six months.

On Thursday, children six months to four years old can get vaccinated at the Hamilton County ESC at 924 Waycross Road.

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