Austin Regional Clinic locations now have a limited amount of the H1N1 vaccine.
It is in the live virus mist form and it's only being given to two- and three-year-old children who are patients at the clinic.
Many Texas clinics are rationing their supply because they are short. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the vaccine is supposed to be distributed based on population.? However, Texas is third in population and, so far, the 14th in the country when it comes to the amount of swine flu vaccine being delivered here.
California has received four times the amount.
"If Texas has fewer doses than California, it certainly seems inappropriate. Somebody dropped the ball somewhere, and I think our patients are suffering," said Melanie Mouzoon, M.D., the Immunization Director of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston.
The CDC cannot explain why Texas has been allocated a half-a-million doses of the vaccine, but only had 178,000 doses delivered.
