Sebelius said swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line"…
By Militza Richard
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said yesterday that there will be enough swine flu vaccine, but she admitted current delays in getting sufficient supply for all those demanding it.
"We were relying on the manufacturers to give us their numbers and as soon as we got numbers we put them out to the public. It does appear now that those numbers were overly rosy," Sebelius said in one interview. "We do have a vaccine that works," she said.
Officials now have about 16.5 million doses of the vaccine, a number that is still millions of doses below what is needed. However, health officials are still unsure how widespread the virus will be. Although nearly 1,000 have died from swine flu in the US, officials still do not believe there is cause to close schools.
For those who have waited in line for a swine flu shot only to be turned away, Sebelius said, "I want them to come back."
"I hope that people aren't discouraged," she said. "I know it's frustrating to wait in line and particularly if you end up with no vaccine. We wish this could have been smoother, that we had a larger supply. We knew it would come in waves."
She assured people that there would eventually be enough supplies for everyone.
For more information on swine flu visit http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/