Dr. Gil Chavez with the California Department of Public Health
says swine flu is no longer widespread in the state.
"That second wave is what is now subsiding, the question now is will we have a third wave?"
"That second wave is what is now subsiding, the question now is will we have a third wave?"
Chavez says about half of Californians are still at risk of
getting the H1N1 virus. He says particularly Latinos and African
Americans - they're two to three times more likely to be
hospitalized or die from swine flu. But he says vaccines can
help.
"We truly believe if we are able to maximize vaccinating
the communities in California over the next couple of months that
we will in fact preempt a third wave of H1N1."
Chavez says to reach that goal providers are bringing vaccines
to low-income areas and to migrant farm workers in the
fields.