Hundreds queue as flu clinics open in Calgary
Posted Oct 20, 2014 11:42 am.
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It seems Calgarians are leaving little to chance after last year’s flu vaccine shortage.
Alberta Health Services kicked off their flu campaign Monday morning with people lined up by the hundreds before the doors even opened.
Gloria tells 660News she was in line at a clinic in Brentwood two hours early, ready to roll her sleeve up.
“If you don’t get here early, you have to wait so long in line,” Gloria said. “I’m always here on the first day.”
She said last year’s shortage had no bearing on when she came out.
Second in line was Ken.
“Why do you think I got up early? You can always strike up a nice conversation with some of the other people in the lineup,” Ken said.
High demand last year had resources running out by January.
The province enters this campaign armed with nearly twice as much of the vaccine as it had on hand in 2013.
