Seasonal flu vaccinations were administered to 57 percent of the population, compared with 37 percent nationwide.
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But it's just -- it's a little more serious than the normal seasonal flu.
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It appears to be acting like a typical seasonal flu, only it's out of season.
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Vaccinations against 2009 H1N1 should actually be more effective than those against seasonal flu.
Indeed, if 77% of young people were given jabs, seasonal flu could be all but eliminated.
Vaccine companies are making vaccine types for both seasonal flu and H1N1 flu without this mercury-based preservative.
If that picture is still hazy, it's clear that H1N1 is different from seasonal flu in other ways.
Peterson isn't against all vaccines -- she and her daughters have already gotten the seasonal flu vaccine, for example.
It would then be offered to high risk groups across the island who already receive the seasonal flu vaccine.
However, the seasonal flu outbreaks have claimed 28 lives in Wales since October.
For them, only injections of H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines are appropriate, since they contain inactivated or dead virus.
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Massachusetts vaccinated more residents against the swine flu and seasonal flu in the fall and winter than any other state.
Scientists believe the H1N1 virus epidemic is no more dangerous than seasonal flu, and schools should act accordingly, Sebelius said.
In addition, it's easy to confuse seasonal flu for an illness caused by a number of other pathogens, including rhinovirus.
Fiore said that, typically, only 20 percent to 50 percent of people in targeted groups seek out seasonal flu vaccine.
"I wish it were easier for people who were looking for seasonal flu vaccine, " Schuchat said in response to a question.
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"We are cautiously optimistic that this particular strain will not be more severe than a normal seasonal flu outbreak, " Napolitano said.
Laxminarayan emphasized the importance of seasonal flu vaccines as a preventive measure against both illness and unnecessary prescribing and consumption of antibiotics.
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Meanwhile, swine flu vaccines are being released to GPs in south Wales whose stocks are running low of the seasonal flu vaccine.
He noted, however, that both H1N1 and the seasonal flu are unpredictable.
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These could provide a three-month head start in making seasonal flu vaccines.
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The reason that seniors were not prioritized was because, unlike the seasonal flu shot, H1N1 was deadliest in young people and particularly children.
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The targeted groups differ starkly from the recommendations for seasonal flu vaccine campaigns, which include people 65 and older in the highest-risk group.
Still, Napolitano noted, the seasonal flu results in "hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations" and roughly 35, 000 fatalities each year in the United States.
She said she was expecting supplies to be replenished next month and noted that plenty of time remains to get the seasonal flu shot.
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During the 1999 to 2000 winter, seasonal flu deaths reached 21, 000 and even during average winters there are normally anywhere between 6, 000 to 8, 000 deaths.
Many times, seasonal flu itself is tough to prevent because it has mutated to a form different than it was when the vaccine was made.
So far, clinical trials for the H1N1 vaccine have not indicated adverse side effects beyond what are experienced with the seasonal flu vaccine, Sebelius said.
There has also been an increase in the number of GP consultations for flu but the figure remained "within the levels of normal seasonal flu activity".
"So it would also not be surprising if there were deaths with swine flu -- even if it had the pattern of seasonal flu, " he said.
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