Ms. Kris Ehresmann

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  Clinics, however, are in an awkward spot because they have been told by the CDC that they cannot hold vaccine supplies in reserve, said Kris Ehresmann, director of infectious disease prevention at the Minnesota Department of Health.
  
  "If you've got 500 doses, you don't give it to 250 kids and then save those 250 doses and wait for them to come back in a month," she said.
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  "I don't think [parents] should be concerned at all," Ehresmann said. "Their children will eventually be able to get that vaccine; it's just a question of will it be at week four or will it be at week six."
  
  Originally, experts had predicted everyone would need two doses of the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine. But in recent months, research showed one dose was enough for all but those younger than 10, Ehresmann said.
  
  She said one dose probably will protect children from the most serious disease. "The rationale for the two doses is to make sure these kids have full protection," she said.
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  "There will be vaccine coming," said Ehresmann, "but we can't guarantee a date."

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  For instance, Kristen Ehresmann of the Minnesota Health Department, said people will need vaccinations both for seasonal and pandemic flu.
  
  "The goal is all Minnesotans who want to be vaccinated will be vaccinated," said Ehresmann, the Health Department's infectious disease, epidemiology, prevention and control division director.
  
  It could end up being three shots, one for seasonal and two for pandemic flu. Ehresmann said those making the vaccine hope to put an additive in the pandemic flu vaccine that eliminates the need for a second shot.
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  Ehresmann said people born before 1957 may have been exposed to a flu similar to H1N1 "to provide some level of protection."

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  "If H1N1 had presented slightly earlier in the year, this strain would have just been included in the normal seasonal influenza vaccine, so really it was just the timing that caused it to be needed in a separate vaccine," says Kris Ehresmann, Director of Infectious Diseases with Minnesota Department of Health.
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  It grows it that environment, then it's taken out of those eggs, and then used in the manufacturing process to develop the vaccine," says Ehresmann.

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  The vaccine for Hib, which became routinely used in 1991, "was like an overnight miracle," says Kristen Ehresmann, immunization program manager for the Minnesota Department of Health. Rates of severe Hib disease dropped 99 percent, to less than one in 100,000 children, nationally, the CDC says. "For anyone who has experienced that, to see this increase in the disease is really quite distressing," she says.
  
  In Minnesota, the number of parents who choose not to vaccinate their children has increased from fewer than 1 percent a few years ago to "3, maybe 4 percent," she says.

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  For instance, Kristen Ehresmann of the Minnesota Health Department said people will need vaccinations both for seasonal and pandemic flu.
  
  "The goal is all Minnesotans who want to be vaccinated will be vaccinated," said Ehresmann, the Health Department's infectious disease, epidemiology, prevention and control division director.
  
  It could end up being three shots, one for seasonal and two for pandemic flu. However, Ehresmann said, those making the vaccine hope to put an additive in the pandemic flu vaccine that eliminates the need for a second shot.
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  Ehresmann said that people born before 1957 may have been exposed to a flu similar to H1N1 "to provide some level of protection.

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  For instance, Kristen Ehresmann of the Minnesota Health Department said, people will need vaccinations both for seasonal and pandemic flu.
  
  "The goal is all Minnesotans who want to be vaccinated will be vaccinated," said Ehresmann, the Health Department's infectious disease, epidemiology, prevention and control division director.
  
  It could end up being three shots, one for seasonal and two for pandemic flu. But, Ehresmann said, those making the vaccine hope to put an additive in the pandemic flu vaccine that eliminates the need for a second shot.
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  Ehresmann said people born before 1957 may have been exposed to a flu similar to H1N1 "to provide some level of protection."

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  Kris Ehresmann, head of the vaccine program at the Minnesota Health Department, said there are about 1.6 million high-risk people in Minnesota who should be vaccinated, but many have not gotten shots.

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  Kristen Ehresmann, the director of the department's section charged with controlling infectious diseases, stressed the importance of vaccines in controlling both viruses.
  
  She conceded that this season's vaccination program is going to be confusing for some. The vaccine for the seasonal flu has already started arriving in Minnesota, and it's recommended everyone get the shot, particularly the elderly.
  
  The swine flu vaccine is expected to start arriving in small quantities in the state at the end of September, Ehresmann said. The initial doses are going to be for health care workers, pregnant women, young children and people who care for infants.
  
  The state is still developing a plan to distribute the swine flu vaccine, but it will probably be available through the same places that offer the regular flu shot, she said. It also may be available at some new locations, including obstetrician's offices and schools.
  
  The swine flu vaccine is made the same way as the regular flu shots, so it should be safe, Ehresmann said.

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  "We fully recognize that it's not ideal," said Kris Ehresmann, director of the Health Department's vaccine program.
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  But clearly, said Ehresmann, the drumbeat about H1N1 has raised expectations and demand for the swine flu vaccine. Demand will get higher before it's over, she said.
  
  "It's frustrating," she said. "There is this perception out there that 'I should be able to get it.' But they are running into a brick wall."
  
  Meanwhile, because of spot shortages, finding a shot for seasonal flu is getting to be a lot like finding Waldo -- if you're persistent, you'll find one. But only if you're persistent.
  
  "It's a very mixed bag and it's yet again another confusing message for the public," Ehresmann said.

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  "Our primary objective right now is to help get the limited supply of vaccine to those who need it most," Kris Ehresmann, chief of the State Health Department's immunization department, said.

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