August 19,1976
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r RALEIGH- In light of the
recent;, action by
' resolving the liability
question concerning swine
flu vaccination, North
Carolina’s program is set to
go-except for the starting
date, according to Dr. J. N.
Mac Cormack, head of the
State’s Communicable
Disease Control Brandi.
“Your guess is an good
as mine as to alien the
vaccine will be available,”
Dr. Mac Cormack said.
“Indications are that it will
be mid-September at the
earliest before the vaccine
will be available.”
The bivalent vaccine
immunizes against both
A-New Jersey and A-
Victoria viruses. This
vaccine to be used for
people over 65 and those
With certain chronic
diseases, will prpbably be
available in large quantities
first so immunization of this
liigh-risk group can begin at
mice. The communicable
disease specialist said there
is still some question as to
whether those under 18-
years of age will be
immunized unless they fall
into this group. \
The under-65 group will
receive the monovalent
vaccine, which is the A-New
Jersey (sWine) type.
Mac Cormack said there is a
possibility that each of these
vaccines will require two
doses for those under 25-
years of age. The need for a
two-dose schedule will not
be known until field tests,
currently under way, are
The vaccine will be
distributed to county health
departments by the Division
of Health Services. The
vaccination campaign will
start in the west and
proceed east on a 12-
hour, seven-day-a-week
schedule until the state is
covered. Provided the
vaccine is available by mid-
September, the target date
for completion of the
campaign is mid-
November.
Mac Cormack revealed
that. the“ campaign will be
waged on a regional basis
because of the limited
number of jet injector
vaccine guns available. He
said the reasons for starting
in the west are to give the
eastern counties time to
finish harvesting tobacco
and to take advantage of the
earlier school starting dates
in the west.
When questioned
regarding some pork
producers’ concern over
calling the A-New Jersey
virus swine flu,
Mac Cormack said there is
no reason for people to be
concerned over the name
since catching the disease
does not occur from eating
pork.
“The reason the virus is
referred to as swine flue virus
is because it closely
resembles a virus that
causes influenza in pigs. The
concern should be that A-
New Jersey flu virus
spreads from people-to
people, not from hogs-to
people. The disease is
spread by contact with
people not from eating
food,” he cautioned.
• For specific information
about when and where to go
for flu shots, Mac Cormack
adviskl people to contact
their local health
department.
Mu Ireob Folic*
Doporfaoat Wlidow
A man was arrested early
Saturday morning after he
allegedly threw a bottle
through a glass in the door
leading into Edenton Police
Department.
James Carroll Bunch, 30,
209 East Church Street, was
charged with malicious
damage to real property. He
is scheduled to appear in
Chowan County District
Court on August 24.
N CARD OF THANKS
, I would like to take Oils
opportunity to thank Dr.
Robert Lans, nurses and
sofr of Chowan Hospital
and everyone for the
- flower*, cards and other
expressions of kindness
shown to me while I was a
patient in the hospital and
Airing my convalescence at
home.
Merrill Perry
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