Supply of swine flu shots in New Jersey falls short of demand

Found a swine flu shot yet?

In the past five weeks, manufacturers have shipped 1 million doses to New Jersey — enough to vaccinate nearly one in eight people. But it’s far short of what an exasperated, worried public demands.

Every day, more than 800 people call the state H1N1 hotline, and nearly all of them are looking for help finding a swine flu shot. About 20,000 have called since the hotline opened Oct. 6, state Health Department spokeswoman Donna Leusner said.

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