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H1N1 vaccine loophole leaves out kids
Some kids won't be able to get vaccine
Updated: Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 11:55 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009, 1:46 AM EST
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - A loophole in Rhode Island's H1N1 student vaccination campaign is leaving some kids unprotected.
Rhode Island students are getting the H1N1 vaccine through their schools, not their pediatrician.
Officials at the Rhode Island Department of Health say this affects some children, such as those who live in Rhode Island but go to school in Massachusetts or Connecticut, where the priority is high-risk children, not school-aged children.
(See a full list of the school-based vaccination clinics)
Children who live in Massachusetts, but who have a Rhode Island-based doctor are also unable to get the shot until the school clinics are complete.
Officials say they are working on a way to help these families out, but haven't come up with a plan yet.
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