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A county health department in California has come up with a novel way to reach those vulnerable to swine flu, such as Latinos.

Nurses are now giving out free H1N1 shots in makeshift clinics at weekend swap meets on the county fairgrounds.

They say they've had success giving out more vaccines than normal.

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As manufacturers start to roll out vaccines against the new H1N1 swine flu, the Food and Drug Administration will only have weeks to decide whether they're safe.

It's a high-pressure situation, complicated by the memory of a flu-vaccine scare in 1976, and by a new ingredient that some manufacturers are experimenting with.