Vaccine wait prolongs H1N1 fears, concerns

When it comes to the H1N1 vaccine, Cynthia Giorgio has decided to wait.

Her two children - ages 6 and 8 - fall into the priority groups that health officials have recommended get the vaccine against H1N1, or swine flu.

But Giorgio had her own reservations about the vaccine before she tried getting through the county Health Department's phone lines to make appointments, and even before she learned her children had to get two doses of the vaccine's injectable form.

So she added her kids to the waiting list at her pediatrician's office while she decides if she wants them to have the shot or not. They've...