Reed and the others were already back to the lists. Washington. Allegany. Arundel. Caroline. Cecil. Dorchester. Frederick. Carroll. It was close to 5 p.m. and there were 10,000 doses left. About 15 minutes into the second pass through the lists, the process was halted so Reed could take a call from Maryland Health Secretary John M. Colmers, who wanted an update.
It was closing in on 5:30 p.m. when Reed asked Sharpe-Scott to add up the numbers: 25,300 doses going to 56 providers.
"We use it all?" she asked.
"Every drop," Reed said.
By Tuesday afternoon, Reed still had not received a new allotment of swine flu vaccine to dole out. But he, his team and his blue highlighter were ready. Flu by the numbers
60,500
Number of dosage orders filled by the state of Maryland of the H1N1 FluMist vaccine from 114 providers through Monday.
220,000
Total number of orders requested from 1,000 providers.
3.4 million
Doses the state expects to administer by the first week in January.
5.5 million
Number of people in the state recommended to get the vaccine.
2.4 million
Number of doses, according to the CDC, that were available nationwide as of Monday.
