Swine Flu sufferers across the country are asking, "Where's the vaccine?" After all, it's hard to protect against the flu when you can't get a shot.
In Rockville, Maryland, people started lining up just after midnight for Swine Flu vaccine. By morning, 1,400 doses were gone with hundreds still waiting...
"We arrived here one hour earlier than the opening, I thought that would be enough."
"The state is placing orders daily, but we do not know what's going to be shipped out."
Federal leaders tell congress there's a backup in the pipeline...
"Delay. Not shortage - delay."
"Every day that they come in we're pushing them out the door."
13 Million doses of H1N1 vaccine are ready now. But by month's end, experts admit they will be 25% short of what was expected. Outbreaks have shut down a few schools but not nearly as many as last Spring...
"Our guidance is very clear: keep schools open."
Colleges are seeing a surge. The American College Health Association reports over 7,000 new cases last week. That is up 9% from the week before. Bates College in Maine went from six to 265 cases in under two weeks. New data from Quest Diagnostics, sampling 15 times more patients than the CDC, shows Swine Flu is spread from kids to more adults, even seniors.
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