Better Late Than Never?

" H1N1 virus outbreak is now considered widespread. In. Nearly every single state in our country here's what you get when you take a look at the CDC map the worst hit states are in town okay. Pretty much on about there. This is -- clinics across the country struggle with vaccine shortages it and try to get your hands on them for your kids you know out of talking about so far more doses of this vaccine on the way. And has the outbreak peaked after Anthony -- is the director of the national. -- infections diseases. And he joins me that after patchy it's very happy here I -- one of the nation's foremost experts in all of that. I have to start with this question how could this happen how could we be in the situation. What people are scrambling all across this country to do exactly what the government told them to do which was to make sure you acne your --"

" Well the problem is something you know really it literally be on anyone's control -- that the only technology that we have available. Right now to make influenza vaccine is technology it's time honored for decades but quite fragile and by fragile. I mean it relies on the virus growing in eggs you harvested. You and activated purified and that's your vaccine. Usually the virus grows reasonably well and usually have more cushion room that we have right now -- slow growth is. But for one reason or that this virus is a very slow growing virus so would getting vaccine now. But this certainly is a frustrating gap between the supply and demand the message still remains the same. We want people to get vaccinated particularly those who fall into those higher -- groups like pregnant women. And young kids and people -- on the line diseases but there is that gap that's very frustrating but it's the reality unfortunately hopefully. Over the next week or two will we will be getting more doses -- about eight to ten million those."

" Clean you and they got these two places as we saw on the map that are just inundated it with H one god and everybody says -- the well you know it's a -- similar to the other to the regular flow. In most cases it's not fail but it is very and Irving when you look at the fact that a 114. Children in this country have died. Of H1N1. And you look at your children -- don't know whether or not they might be. One of them now that's a higher number. And then the children usually got the flu and it doesn't think many people say how could the government not be better prepared when we knew we saw that in the spring so we've had a lot of time to get ready."

" Well we've had to a lot of time to get ready except that the virus is growing slow -- of the virus was just isolated in April generally start making vaccine in January for the following flew. Season and then the flu usually doesn't come until the end. Of the form in the beginning of the winter unfortunately for all of us. When this flu came around it didn't go away in the summer and as soon as the kids came back to school. It just surged up again it was kind of a double whammy not a lot of time and a virus that grows very slowly."

" Yet -- so a lot of people won't get the vaccine or they might get it in January and then I read this weekend that Tamiflu which is what you prescribe when kids do get it. Or adults did get it. Also the government has just released its very last a group of of Tamiflu out there so you might be stuck with a flu and not even have Tamiflu for it."

" Well that that Tamiflu that was released is the oral suspension for children that the last few hundred that thousand doses. From the stockpile initially it was released in the spring and then another bowl was in October and now the last of it at 250 plus. Thousand doses that were available have been nice there there are other ways to get the drug for children. That. The CDC website is very good at describing that you can actually get this the smaller doses. Of Tamiflu but thirty or 45 micrograms and put it in sincerity of the kids that you want to -- and the right."

" It is that -- yeah. I says scary and confusing times for a lot of folks out there who are trying to do the right thing for their families doctor -- thank you very much for talking to us about it you're welcome. And you can -- foxnews.com for the latest information on H1N1 on the home page -- putting the search box. H1N1 has helpful information on what you need to know there's a lot of questions out there. I keep our kids and I can't say so Martha heavy say Chrysler motors and its failure."