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01-05-2010, 03:13 PM
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Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- More than 100 employees of the U.S. Olympic Committee are getting swine flu vaccinations before they head to Canada for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The chief medical officer for the U.S. Olympic Team will be on hand Tuesday as the employees get vaccinated.
A spokesman for the U.S. Olympic Committee says that athletes competing next month have already been offered swine flu vaccinations.
But spokesman Bob Condron says employees headed to the Games also need vaccines. He says, "The idea is that we don't get the athletes sick."
A vaccine clinic is also planned Tuesday at the 2010 U.S. Cross Country Championships in Anchorage, Alaska.
Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- More than 100 employees of the U.S. Olympic Committee are getting swine flu vaccinations before they head to Canada for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The chief medical officer for the U.S. Olympic Team will be on hand Tuesday as the employees get vaccinated.
A spokesman for the U.S. Olympic Committee says that athletes competing next month have already been offered swine flu vaccinations.
But spokesman Bob Condron says employees headed to the Games also need vaccines. He says, "The idea is that we don't get the athletes sick."
A vaccine clinic is also planned Tuesday at the 2010 U.S. Cross Country Championships in Anchorage, Alaska.