Traci Capellman
Fox28.com
06/14/2010
If you have a student entering 6th through 12th grade, they will need some need new vaccines this year.
Indiana is now requiring a Tdap, Menactra, and a second Varicella (or chickenpox) vaccine before school this year.
To try to help get people in, the St. Joseph County Health Department has scheduled four “after-hour clinics” during the month of June.
Sarah Hall the Public Health Coordinator from the St. Joseph County Health Department says, “In part, we’ve seen an increase in pertussis outbreaks, meningitis outbreaks and varicella outbreaks as well, chicken pox, and so to counter that, the state is mandating these new vaccines in hopes of decreasing the cases we’re seeing out there. So, it is very important.”
The vaccines, normally $8 each, will be free only during the month of June.
The three clinics are the next three Tuesdays, the 15th, the 22nd and the 29th, from 5 to 7 p.m.
(EDITOR’s NOTE: These are the same vaccines being utilized for implementing vaccine clinics in public schools, funded by Pharma and the CDC. Please see this video — click here.)