texas_border_city_has_no_more_flu_shots 22 Oct 2004 * a_point_in_time * 9:18 a.m. ET 041022 ... U.S. Federal officials mum on where the worst shortages are http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6304569/ http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/041022/041022_texasflu_hmed_330a.hmedium.jpg Louise Mowbray, 90, got one of the last known doses of the flu vaccine before the border town of El Paso ran out. El Paso, a town of about 564,000 residents, is one of the largest cities in the country without the flu vaccine. 041022 ... a "point" "The elderly are scared to death." — Jacquelyn Wehmeyer Texas health care worker 041022 ... An "amazing" newslink With more than 700,000 people in its metro population, El Paso may be one of the largest and poorest places to have so little vaccine, although it's hard to be sure. U.S. health officials are mum on where the worst shortages are. El Paso's top health official, Dr. Jorge Magana, said: "We do not have any more flu vaccine to provide to the public. We don't know when we will have more vaccine available." 041024 ... mp21k Each year, 200,000 Americans are hospitalized with the virus and 36,000 die. In Texas, health officials estimate about 8,000 are hospitalized and 1,500 die. * Intelligence_Estimate * 041024 ... Yahoo! Search About 30,400 for Texas_border_city_has_no_more_flu_shots 041024 ... a "point" Thousands of El Paso residents have relied in years past on the Visiting Nurse Association, the city's largest provider of flu shots. Most years it's provided about half of the 42,000 shots given to the public. But that organization had its vaccine contract with Chiron. "We never received one dose of vaccine," said Brian Zweber, the association's vice president of business development. "Half of the 42,000 shots" = 42,000 / 2 = 21,000 041024 what's it to you? who go blather from