Nearly 2,000 inoculated at Petaluma swine flu clinic

<p>Sonoma County’s third day of public swine flu vaccinations ran like a well-oiled machine Saturday, with many waiting only a handful of minutes for the scarce vaccine at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>By late afternoon, the county-run flu clinic had given almost 2,000 inoculations without any of the delay and long lines at the previous clinics over the past two Saturdays in Windsor, Petaluma and Santa Rosa.</p><p>The county Health Department set up 18 vaccination stations, four more than at last week’s clinics at Windsor High School and Cook Middle School.</p><p>Many more volunteers were also on hand to process those who showed up for the free vaccinations.</p><p>The H1N1 vaccinations, which have been in short supply, were reserved for those in five priority groups: Pregnant women; people who live in a household with, or provide daily care to, an infant less than 6 months old; people age 6 months to 24 years old; adults 25 to 64 years old who have chronic conditions that put them at risk from flu complications; and health-care providers and emergency medical workers.</p><p>Deputy Public Health Director Mark Netherda said the clinic was more efficient because of several organizational changes, including a speedier registration, devoting all the department’s resources to one site and more experience dealing the public.</p>