Free Flu Vacinnation

I volunteered with the Yolo County Health Department today to help distribute free flu vaccinations. I was assigned to be a medical screener, so I asked each person a variety of questions to determine if they could be vaccinated and if they should get the flu or mist. When the doors of Riverbank Elementary, the site where the distribution was taking place, opened it was so busy. My first group was a family of 3 but my second group was a huge family of 7. Overall, I'm sure I served close to if not over a hundred people. There was some down time around 11:30, so I got myself vaccinated. I haven't gotten the flu shot since sometime in high school because I always get mildly sick ~2 weeks after. But since it was free and I'm concerned about the disease this year, I got the shot.

I hope the county contacts me for the H1N1 clinic next month. Today was extremely rewarding; I got to meet people from a variety of backgrounds, give back to the community and learn how the community prepares for a pandemic. I'm predicting the crowd that got vaccines today will only be a fraction compared to the one when Yolo distributes H1N1.