University Daily Kansan / Thursday. December 5, 1991
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Going with the flow
Civilengineering students Tom Ahlschwede, Lincoln, Neb., senior, back, Craig Hillman, Kansas City, Mo. senior, middle, and Brent Engelland, Sterling senior, calculate energy loss in the water resource lab in Learned Hall. The lab is used to study the designs of dams, channels and sewers.
High demand for flu vaccine drains most of Kansas' supply
The Associated Press
WICHTTA - Just as a flu season that is expected to be especially harsh begins, influenza vaccine is lacking, health care officials said yesterday.
In some Kansas counties, health officials soon may be forced to turn away residents who still need the vaccination.
"Our supply of vaccine will run out Friday," said Ellen Rangel, director of health education at the Johnson County Public Health Department. "Actually, our supply ran out Nov. 7, but we had a person in the community who came forward and donated the money for us to buy more.
"Right now, Friday is it. We'll be out of supply and out of money."
Last year, 898 people in Johnson County were vaccinated; so far this year, 1,910 county residents have had flu shots.
A representative for the Kansas
city, Kan.-Wyndotte County Health Department said about 100 doses remained there — about a two-week supply.
Kathy Wade, health educator for the Shawnee County Health Department, said she was completely out of vaccine.
"We ran out on Monday at 10 a.m.," she said. She was uncertain if the department would get more in.
The Shawnee County Health Department vaccinated more than 1,500 people so far this year. More people keep calling to be vaccinated.
All four hospitals in Wichita said they were either out of vaccine or were reserving what little was left for high-tech employees and employees who care for them.
Pat MacDonald, Wichita-Sedgwick County Health Department representative, said demand for the vaccine had slackened this week.
next week and maybe into the week beyond that," she said. "We're on our third batch. We usually buy 3,000 units in a month and that in eight working days this year."
"We have enough to last this week.
Early reports of seasonal influenza in more than 20 states and predictions that this year would have an especially harsh flu season prompted many more people than usual to seek vaccination, health officials said.
"Another problem is that we have to order our doses one year before we actually use them," said Carolyn Thompson, assistant director of the Reno County Health Department. One year早前有 no way and one year later we've价到we would have had a need for the amount of vaccine that we do this year."
Thompson said Reno County had the money to buy more vaccine, but the supply from national manufacturers was almost gone.
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