Find an H1N1 vaccine clinic near you

H1N1 SPECIAL SECTION
DENVER - The flow of H1N1 vaccine into the state remains just a trickle, but on Friday at least we started to get a sense of where that trickle is headed.

While some counties plan on holding very small flu shot clinics over the course of the next week, it now appears as if the vast majority of the clinics will start in the next two to three weeks.

The state has set up a Web site where you can find an H1N1 clinic: www.immunizecolorado.com/findafluclinic.asp.

On Friday, the Colorado Adult Immunization Coalition started listing specific dates and times for upcoming H1N1 clinics. The first listing is for a clinic in Bennett on Nov. 5.

A spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) said earlier in the week that the state was seeing less of the vaccine than it had originally hoped to see.

"We're seeing vaccine coming into Colorado every week. What we're seeing is small amounts than were actually predicted," Dr. Lisa Miller said on Wednesday. "There was a prediction at the beginning of how this would flow, and I think that prediction hasn't borne out in the amounts the manufacturers could put into the system."

Twenty Coloradoans have died from the so-called swine flu.

Doctors across the state say the vast majority of those getting ill from the virus are recovering within four or five days.

The first shipments of the vaccine will not be available to anyone who wants one, and the CDPHE is urging people to remain patient.

At first, priority will be given to health care workers, pregnant women, children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years, parents and caregivers of children 6 months and younger, and children with underlying health conditions between the ages of 5 and 18 years.

To date, only health care workers have received the vaccine en masse.

Some of the vaccine to be offered will be in nasal mist form (as opposed to a shot). Pregnant women and people with underlying health conditions should not get the nasal mist. In addition, it should only be used on people between the ages of 2 and 49.

If you have an H1N1 story to tell, please e-mail us at chris.vanderveen@9news.com.