Bloomfield's health department, which had about 1,100 people sign up for its now nationally-famous flu shot lottery, is planning on hiring an independent auditor to actually conduct the drawing. Trevor Weigle, director of health and human services for the township, expects the whole process -- from drawing to notification to holding a flu-shot clinic -- to take about two weeks. The town ordered about 1000 doses, got less than half of that and had to give some to Caldwell, which contracts with it. It has 300 doses of flu vaccine to give out.

To qualify for the lottery, people had to show proof of residence in Bloomfield and fall into one of the CDC's high-risk categories.

October 22, 2004 in Flu Shot Central | Permalink