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NORTHERN UTAH -- As shipments of the H1N1 vaccine slowly make their way to Utah, local health departments have come up with a way to decrease the amount of time people have to spend in line to get the H1N1 vaccine.
One of the biggest complaints we've heard about getting the H1N1 vaccination is that you have to wait in line for hours. The Davis County Health Department heard the complaints, too, so it came up with a new method for waiting in line.
"This is such a better system," said Melissa Barton, who took her children to the department for the vaccine Tuesday.
Jillene Callister agreed.
"I liked it," she said. "We've come out before, but because my kids are in school, I have to take them out after school. When we got here, they had signs saying the shot is already gone."
Now, instead of waiting in line for hours, the health department handed out tickets with a time on them. People could choose what time they wanted to come back, if there was still room for that time.
Lewis Garrett, director of the Davis County Health Department, said it was sort of like an appointment.
"With that time stamp on the ticket, hopefully your wait will be 30 to 40 minutes at the most," Garrett said.
At the Salt Lake Valley Health Department, workers were also taking appointments for vaccines starting Wednesday. They had 2,900 spots available online, which were gone in just 14 minutes.
Another 700 were available by phone. They were gone in a couple of hours.
Salt Lake Valley Health Department Director Gary Edwards is urging people to be patient.
"The vaccination is continuing to come in. It's not coming in as fast as anybody would like it to be, but we knew this is what would happen," Edwards said.
We've also heard of some parents talking about holding swine flu parties, kind of like chicken pox parties, hoping to get their children sick to build immunity.
However, a doctor we spoke with says that's a bad idea.
"It is very different, and it's a very scary illness. It's unpredictable, so yes they will get it, but the outcome is scary," said Dr. Anne Orchard, with Murray Pediatrics.
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department also announced Tuesday they have partnered with Harmons, Walgreens, and Smith's grocery stores to start giving limited H1N1 vaccines. Those start on Thursday; CLICK HERE for a list of locations.
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