Louisville Plans Mass H1N1 Vaccination

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Updated: 8:53 PM Nov 5, 2009 Louisville Plans Mass H1N1 Vaccination Louisville officials have scheduled a mass vaccination clinic, after the deaths of two more city residents from the flu. Posted: 8:44 PM Nov 5, 2009

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The effort will be conducted next week at Cardinal Stadium.

Officials hope to inoculate thousands of the most vulnerable people there.

The Courier-Journal reports health officials decided to hold the clinic, after receiving enough doses of the vaccine for large numbers of residents.

The city says it has 15,OOO doses on hand.

Health officials say 18 people have died of H1N1 across the state.

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