60 Million in U.S. Vaccinated Against Swine Flu

Dec. 22, 2009 -- At least 60 million people in the U.S. have rolled up their
sleeves or taken the nasal spray version of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine,
according a briefing at the CDC today.
Twice as many doses have gone to children than adults, but only about 2
million children had received the second dose of the swine flu vaccine,
according to a CDC telephone survey ending Dec. 12.
"There are a lot of children in need of second doses in the weeks ahead,"
Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the National Center of Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases, said at the briefing. 
Schuchat dismissed a recent Australian study that suggested that a single
dose of vaccine could be enough for children under 10. "We strongly believe
that two doses are needed in children."
The CDC recommends that children under age 10 get the two doses at least
four weeks apart -- though a longer gap of five to six weeks is fine.



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