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LOS ANGELES/SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Vaccinations against the H1N1 swine flu virus are now being offered at a number of locations across Los Angeles and San Diego Counties. They're free, and are being provided first to people in high-priority groups who don't have health insurance or other regular access to medical care. Anyone not in those categories may be turned away, for the moment.
Those priority groups include:
- pregnant women
- those who are 6 months to 24 years old
- caregivers for children under 6 months old
- health care workers and emergency service personnel
- those ages 25 to 64 with chronic health conditions that put them at higher risk for flu-related complications.
L.A. County health officer Dr. Jonathan Fielding urged residents to seek vaccinations either from clinics or their own doctors.
In addition to being immunized, the risk of flu can be minimized by:
-- washing hands, with soap or an alcohol-based hand wash for at least 20 seconds, throughout the day;
-- covering a cough or sneezes with a tissue or, if need be, the inside of your elbow;
-- not touching your hands to your face, nose or mouth; and
-- staying home if you're sick, until at least 24 hours after the fever comes down below 100 degrees without medication.
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