WBAL.com

Baltimore County health officials say the lines were so long outside a swine flu vaccine clinic in Perry Hall that the clinic opened two hours early today.

Dr. Gregory Branch told WBAL News that people had camped out at Perry Hall Middle School since midnight, so officials decided to open the doors at 8 a.m., two hours before the schedule start time.

A caller to WBAL said that he noticed hundreds of people standing in line.

Branch said officials will hand out all of the vaccines available for the clinic. He would not say how many doses are available. Branch did say those who have not arrived at the school this morning, should wait until the county holds another clinic. The county cancelled three clinics scheduled for this Wednesday. There are three more clinics tentatively scheduled for the following week.

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Branch said today’s clinic is supposed to end at 4 p.m., but it will likely end earlier.

Branch said he is confident that the county will have enough vaccine for everyone who wants a shot in November and December.

I heard second-hand earlier that the crowds were so bad that the number of people parking across the street at the shopping center on Ebenezer Road were interfering with the business of several retail establishments there. People were unable to find parking places to shop at those stores due to the people parking there to go across the street to the H1N1 clinic.