Flu Vaccine Clinics

Our Fall 2009 "Seasonal" flu vaccine clinics have already been held.

UNFORTUNATELY, due to the tremendous response of students, we have used all of our supply of vaccine at this time.  We are still waiting on the rest of the vaccines that we had already ordered, but we do not know when they will be here and our supplier is now telling us that we may not get any more seasonal vaccine.   Apparently, the vaccine manufacturers have been concentrating on getting the novel H1N1 vaccine out as soon as possible, and this has delayed the filling of orders for the seasonal vaccine.  We are looking to other suppliers but as of now we have not been successful in locating any more seasonal vaccine.  Therefore we are postponing any further flu vaccine clinics until when/if we receive our supply.  We will reschedule our clinics and update this site if we are able to get any more vaccine.  We apologize for the inconvenience.  It would be best for everyone to try to get it elsewhere at this time.

The seasonal vaccine is in very short supply right now but your private physician might be able to provide it to you.  The Cortland County Health Dept is offering clinics.  The cost is $20.  You can see a list by following this link: cchd.cortland-co.org 

Price Chopper Pharmacy has just announced they will be holding a seasonal flu vaccine clinic on November 23 from 10am to 2 pm.  The cost is $30.

H1N1 Vaccine update:

We have received some small shipments of H1N1 vaccine.  We have held 3 vaccination clinics so far and have targeted high risk persons first including students, faculty and staff.  Those who are pregnant, or who have asthma, diabetes, immunodeficiency from any illness or medication, or obesity are at increased risk of severe illness from H1N1.  If you have any of these conditions you should receive a vaccine against H1N1 now if you haven't already. 

We are awaiting shipment of more vaccine before planning our next clinic.  This will likely not be until after Thanksgiving break.

We strongly encourage all students and all of those with the high risk conditions listed above to consider getting a vaccination.  There seems to be a lot of concern about the safety of this vaccination, but this concern is unfounded.  At this point, approximately 30 million doses have been given and there are no reports of serious reactions.

If you are under 18 please have your parent/guardian sign a consent form for you to have the vaccine.  This can be found by clicking on the H1N1 Consent form tab on this website.  Please bring a signed copy with you or have it faxed to SHS at 607-753-2486.

There is no cost for the H1N1 vaccine.

As we receive more vaccine supply we will have more clinics for students as well as faculty and staff.  Thank you for your patience during this time when the supply is short.  We are still hopeful that, in time, we will have enough vaccine for everyone who desires it.

Last Updated 11/17/09.