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SCHENECTADY COUNTY
Weak vaccine given locally No threat to kids, booster possible, officials report
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

    Swine flu vaccine given out to 73 children at Schenectady County health clinics last month may not be strong enough to ward off the H1N1 virus.
    Spokesman Joe McQueen said Schenectady County received 500 doses of a vaccine that was among 800,000 ordered recalled by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He said the shots were administered to children ages 6 months to nearly 3 years, but pose no danger to the youngsters.
    “It’s not a safety recall,” he said Tuesday. “[The shot] is not as potent as it was meant to be.”
    Pre-filled syringes of the vac- Share your cine were produced by Sanofi thoughts on Pasteur, the vaccines division this story at of France-based Sanofi-Aventis www.daily Group, but tests later determined gazette.com the potency of the vaccine had dropped below the manufacturer’s specifications. Officials from the state Department of Health were notified about the recall Monday and have determined 251 providers around New York received the weak vaccine. ......................>>>>...............>>>>...............http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00101&AppName=1