Jeff Ostrowski | The Seattle Times

Board certified family nurse practitioner Marguerite Clohisy prepares a Fluzone seasonal flu vaccination for a patient at a CVS pharmacy MinuteClinic in Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Drugstore operators are beginning their seasonal flu shot campaigns several weeks early this year, saying they expect greater demand for the vaccine in a year when the swine flu strain has dominated the news. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ILMG103

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