Health Dept. gives more H1N1 shots

Mobile County held it's second swine flu clinic Friday. The health department said it had to open early because traffic was beginning to back up.

People who got the swine flu shot Friday say the virus is no joke, and they are taking it seriously.

Julie Moore brought her pregnant daughter.

"Then I thought while I am here, I do have a granddaughter with a compromised immune system and so for me to be able to be around her, I thought it was necessary for me to go ahead and get mine as well," said Moore.

Health officials say since Baldwin County ran out Thursday, some people made the drive here. Especially since, according to family members, Delta Elementary principal Leah Ann Overstreet died from swine flu complications earlier this week.

Overstreet's wake will be held Friday night at the First Baptist Church of Bay Minette from 5:00 -9:00 p.m., and the funeral will be held at the same location Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m.

"It's too many people getting sick and dying off of it. I think it is more important to have it than not have it," said recipient Jimmie Jones.

This is the second swine flu clinic for the health department. Leaders expect another shipment within the next few weeks.

"It actually trickles down from the pharmaceutical companies, to the CDC, to Montgomery, and then to the rest of us. And I just saw an email this morning saying that a pharmaceutical company was on track to get us some more injectibles," said Monica Knight with the Mobile County Health Department.

Friday, nurses had 1,400 doses to give out.

On another note, due to a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine, the clinics scheduled for the Foley Civic Center on Nov. 2 and Fairhope Nix Center on Nov. 5 have been cancelled.