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  1. Visit hawaii.gov/health/furlough/dohfurlough.html for HI Dept. of Health programs' furlough schedule.
  2. Dr Park: 217,800 H1N1 doses allocated means that's the amount available for Hawaii to order, as of this a.m. http://pic.gd/9691c9
  3. Dr Park: DOH did not get abundance of calls of concern from public.
  4. Dr Park: We are focusing on more thorough explanation of protocol with clinic mgrs to avoid repeat situation.
  5. Dr Park: Sacred Hearts vax clinic incident involved inexperienced clinic mgr who probably prematurely called for EMS backup at incident.
  6. @honadv asks about public response to Sacred Hearts incident.
  7. Pls encourage young ppl eligible for nasal spray vax to go get it - the virus is targeting them, and vax is best form of protection.
  8. Data also shows smallest segment being vax'd are age group 19-24 - we encourage them to get nasal spray.
  9. Park: Data coming back indicates pharmacies have a lot of nasal spray version of H1N1 vax. This is good for ages 2-49, healthy, nonpregnant.
  10. HI School H1N1 clinics: completed 18 clinics so far. 4548 students vaccinated with H1N1 so far. 4 clinics sched for today.
  11. Dr Park: HI allocation of H1N1 doses up to 217K as of today. We NEED providers to report on vax given so we can give them more.
  12. Dr. Chen unveils CDC's new campaign to encourage healthy travel habits: don't travel if you feel sick, get flu vax, wash hands, cover cough.
  13. Dr. Tai Chen, CDC's Medical Officer at HNL Quarantine Station, joins Dr. Sarah Park, DOH State Epidemiologist. http://pic.gd/4307e3
  14. Stay tuned for our Tweets!
  15. Coming up this morning at 11:15am: live update on H1N1 situation in Hawaii as well as news from CDC's Honolulu Quarantine Station.
  16. Suicide prevention conference for the media will be held at Queen’s Conference Center on Friday.
  17. Suicide prevention workshop tomorrow at Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio: hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/2009/09-095.pdf
  18. H1N1 update starts at 11:15am tomorrow morning. Keep an eye out for live Tweets from the event!
  19. Tmw morning's weekly H1N1 update will be Tweeted live here. CDC will be joining Dr. Park to discuss.
  20. 1st Ann. Prevent Suicide HI Community Walk Thurs, Nov. 19, 5pm. Starts at Kapiolani Park. Raise awareness, funds 4 Prevent Suicide HI.