Atlanta- roughly 50M doses of vaccine are expected to be available by mid-October. But for those who ge initial doses right away, that will only mark the beginning of a vaccination process that will take 5 or more weeks.
Health officials believe most people will need 2 shots, spaced 3 weeks aprt, and it will take a week or two after the second dose before immunity kicks in. That is 5 or 6 weeks in all.
Since it was first reported in April, swine flu has turned out to be not much more dangerous than seasonal flu overall. Government experts say it may soon become just another variety of the flu, and perhaps will conform to the seasonal flu calendar- vaccinated against in the fall, suffered through every winter.
Be aware, but swine flu cases have persisted through this summer, especially in camps and other places where children congregate. It's possible they will explode not long after kids return to schools this fall.
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