Today is your last chance to get a seasonal flu shot through one of Sacramento County's public clinics.
The vaccine is free, and the clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pannell Center, 2450 Meadowview Road in Sacramento.
If you can't make today's clinic, it may be very difficult to find the flu shot.
Doctors' offices have been running low, and almost all big chain stores are out, including Walgreens, Walmart and Costco.
And after today, the region's county health departments will stop their seasonal flu vaccine clinics to make way for H1N1 (swine flu) clinics, but there are still a few locations where you can get it:
Travel Med: Nasal spray only, $45. Call (916) 254-2100 for an appointment. There are two sites: 5282 Elvas Ave. in Sacramento and 850 Iron Point Road, Suite 150, in Folsom.
Spring Medical Clinic: $25, no appointment necessary, at 3050 Beacon Blvd., Suite 101 in West Sacramento. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Call (916) 371-1930.
Airport vaccine clinics: For ticketed passengers only, no appointment necessary. Open 7 a.m.-11 a.m. and 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and some weekend hours. Call (916) 446-4449 for information.
Placer County: The health department has some seasonal flu vaccine available at three locations. Call (530) 889-7215 or visit www.placer.ca.gov/ Departments/hhs/ community _clinic/ Immunization%20Clinics.aspx
Rite Aid: The shots weren't available in the Sacramento area Wednesday but might be available at a later date. Call your pharmacy and ask.
Call The Bee's Anna Tong, (916) 321-1045.
What You Should Know About Comments on Sacbee.com
Sacbee.com is happy to provide a forum for reader interaction, discussion, feedback and reaction to our stories. However, we reserve the right to delete inappropriate comments or ban users who can't play nice. (See our full terms of service here.)
Here are some rules of the road:
• Keep your comments civil. Don't insult one another or the subjects of our articles. If you think a comment violates our guidelines click the "report abuse" button to notify the moderators. Responding to the comment will only encourage bad behavior.
• Don't use profanities, vulgarities or hate speech. This is a general interest news site. Sometimes, there are children present. Don't say anything in a way you wouldn't want your own child to hear.
• Do not attack other users; focus your comments on issues, not individuals.
• Stay on topic. Only post comments relevant to the article at hand. If you want to discuss an issue with a specific user, click on his profile name and send him a direct message.
• Do not copy and paste outside material into the comment box.
• Don't repeat the same comment over and over. We heard you the first time.
• Do not use the commenting system for advertising. That's spam and it isn't allowed.
• Don't use all capital letters. That's akin to yelling and not appreciated by the audience.
You should also know that The Sacramento Bee does not screen comments before they are posted. You are more likely to see inappropriate comments before our staff does, so we ask that you click the "report abuse" button to submit those comments for moderator review. You also may notify us via email at feedback@sacbee.com. Note the headline on which the comment is made and tell us the profile name of the user who made the comment. Remember, comment moderation is subjective. You may find some material objectionable that we won't and vice versa.
If you submit a comment, the user name of your account will appear along with it. Users cannot remove their own comments once they have submitted them, but you may ask our staff to retract one of your comments by sending an email to feedback@sacbee.com. Again, make sure you note the headline on which the comment is made and tell us your profile name.
About Comments
Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable comment, click the "report abuse" button below it. We will delete comments containing inappropriate links, obscenities, hate speech, and personal attacks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. See more about comments here.