There are no signs the H1N1 virus is slowing down, as the vaccine continues to trickle in. Pennsylvania receiving almost a million doses to date and officials hope that number will grow.
Two school districts will begin vaccinations today, Dillsburg Elementary School in the Northern York School District and Cumberland Valley Schools. State officials hoping this will be the tip of the iceberg. They eventually hope to vaccinate everyone who wants one.
"We're going to be caught up within a week. And I think we've been very, very aggressive on this situation," said White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod.
Federal officials say delays in the production of the H1N1 vaccine should be diminishing as millions of more doses are being doled out over the next several weeks.
"There's a gap between supply and demand, we do expect more doses in the next week or two. When I say more, we're projected 8 to 10 million more doses over the next couple of weeks," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
This production increase comes at a good time. The CDC reports 19 children died of complications from the H1N1 virus just last week. That brings the total number of pediatric deaths to 114. Doctors say kids are the most at-risk because there bodies aren't able to fight off the virus.
"The thing that makes it different than the seasonal flu is that its new. It doesn't have that background immunity. Particularly young people haven't been exposed to anything like this so they are very vulnerable to rapid spread," said Dr. Fauci.
Pennsylvania has given out almost 1 million doses of the swine flu vaccine and expects more are on the way. Health officials say they understand people want the vaccine and they expect to meet all the demands shortly.
"We will have all the vaccine we need in very short order. And people should have some confidence about that," said Axelrod.
At this point, doctors can't predict how much longer the virus will cause problems. The good news is it hasn't mutated, meaning the vaccine appears to be the best way to stop it from spreading.
Two school districts will begin vaccinations today, Dillsburg Elementary School in the Northern York School District and Cumberland Valley Schools. State officials hoping this will be the tip of the iceberg. They eventually hope to vaccinate everyone who wants one.
"We're going to be caught up within a week. And I think we've been very, very aggressive on this situation," said White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod.
Federal officials say delays in the production of the H1N1 vaccine should be diminishing as millions of more doses are being doled out over the next several weeks.
"There's a gap between supply and demand, we do expect more doses in the next week or two. When I say more, we're projected 8 to 10 million more doses over the next couple of weeks," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
This production increase comes at a good time. The CDC reports 19 children died of complications from the H1N1 virus just last week. That brings the total number of pediatric deaths to 114. Doctors say kids are the most at-risk because there bodies aren't able to fight off the virus.
"The thing that makes it different than the seasonal flu is that its new. It doesn't have that background immunity. Particularly young people haven't been exposed to anything like this so they are very vulnerable to rapid spread," said Dr. Fauci.
Pennsylvania has given out almost 1 million doses of the swine flu vaccine and expects more are on the way. Health officials say they understand people want the vaccine and they expect to meet all the demands shortly.
"We will have all the vaccine we need in very short order. And people should have some confidence about that," said Axelrod.
At this point, doctors can't predict how much longer the virus will cause problems. The good news is it hasn't mutated, meaning the vaccine appears to be the best way to stop it from spreading.
