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Will There Be A Swine Flu Vaccine?

Question: Will a vaccine be available for swine flu?

Greg Poland, M.D., Mayo Clinic

Answer: We will have against swine flu. It's expected to be available about mid to late October. The problem is we probably won't have all the doses we need right away and it will sort of dribble out all the way until February or March of 2010. But yes, we will have a vaccine. It will take two doses to make people immune. So you'll get a dose of vaccine, wait three or more weeks; get a second dose, and then it's about two weeks after that before you're actually immune.

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