Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2000. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2000. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Reuters NewMedia - Wednesday October 25, 2000
They said a delay in getting enough influenza vaccine doses manufactured this year meant a large supply would not be available until late November or early December.
"So we are urging, through the month of November, that health care providers focus first on immunizing the elderly and the chronically ill -- those groups who are most at risk," Surgeon-General Dr. David Satcher told a news conference.
High-risk groups include anyone older than 65, anyone who has immune suppression because of cancer treatment, HIV infection or some other cause, anyone who will be past the first trimester of pregnancy during flu season, or anyone who is a health care worker or anyone who has regular contact with people in the high-risk group.
Healthy people who are not at risk are asked to wait until December. Flu season normally peaks in January and lasts through March, so getting vaccinated in December will leave plenty of time for immunity to take effect, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
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