10A -Monday, October 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 iDA -Monday, October 26, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom * SWINE FLU From Page 1A department and the University, fac- ing the current vaccine shortage, have redefined their priority groups to determine which individuals get first access to the vaccine. The health department's priority groups include health care person- nel, pregnant women, caregivers of children younger than six months, children six months through four years and children ages five through 18 with underlying medical condi- tions - a group which previously extended to people up to age 24. The department also removed the priority group of 25 to 64 year olds withunderlyinghealth conditions. Ernstsaid UHS will apply similar guidelines when it begins to distrib- ute its supply, adding that UHS has already vaccinated its own staff and emergency personnel. While the University Hospi- tal and Health System, Medical School and School of Nursing are responsible for vaccinating their own employees, UHS is in charge of issuing the vaccine to other depart- ments on campus. Last Friday, UHS vaccinated Dental School faculty and staff. Ernst said UHS is currently work- ing with the Department of Public Safety and University Housing secu- rity to make sure campus officers are vaccinated in addition to laboratory staffworkingwiththe vaccine inthe School of Public Health. After those people are vaccinat- ed, Ernst said UHS will then open. up the vaccine to individuals with underlying health conditions - including those with diabetes, heart and lung disease and people with weak immune systems from medi- cal conditions. Although plans are in place, Ernst said UHS does not foresee having to set up mass vaccination clinics in the near future. "Those plans are on hold until we are able to secure sufficient quan- tities of the vaccine to actually be able to do that," he said. "But we will be distributing the vaccine on an appointment basis at the Health Service to individuals who have underlying health conditions." In an interviewlastmonth, Univer- sity Provost Teresa Sullivan said Uni- versity officials have "responded very well to the current HINT situation" and are still "watching it closely." Professors have been asked to be flexible with sick students and not require them to get medical excuses from UHS. Sullivan said she has been in frequent communication with deans and faculty about how to han- dle ill students notcoming to class. "I don't want students penalized because they're sick," Sullivan said. "I don't want students forced to go to the health center and expose more people just so they can get a note. That doesn't seem to be a rea- sonable thing to do. So far, as far as' I can tell, the faculty have been on board with this." UHS has not been given any information on when it will receive more doses. Ernst said it depends on when the county's health depart- ment receives shipments. He added that the department has been prioritizing children and groups who are at risk for serious complications like tonsillitis if they get the virus. "I think that's appropriate, but we also have to be mindful about the fact that college students are also susceptible," he said. Though UHS cannot put its vac- cination plans into action until it receives more doses, Ernst said it is ready once more arrive. "Once sufficient quantities become available, we need to really quickly release the plans that we do have in place for mass distribution," he said. "But it doesn't make sense to release any times and dates if we don't have available vaccines." Ra :Youth shows for M' From Page1A killed the drive. Carlos Brown's fumble at the Penn State 20-yard line two plays after Graham blocked a huge punt killed the momentum. And the interception on Forci- er's laststand killed the game, a fit- ting end to what had been reduced to a hopeless comedy of errors. "It's a bad day," Graham said. "It was just hard. It's just hard because we prepare so hard and everybody wanted it and it was just a bad day." But in reality, the bad day is probably what should have been expected. Four of the Wolverines' five wins have been against the second-worst team in the Big Ten, a poor Division 1-AA team and two Mid-American Conference teams. For the most part, the Wolverines have won the games they should have won and lost the games they should have lost - and after last season's finish, that's acceptable. I predicted at the beginning of the year that Michigan would fin- ish 6-6. That looked pretty stupid after the Wolverines started 4-0, but Saturday's result made it seem a lot more possible. With Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin and Ohio State remaining, Michigan could very well limp to the finish line, and that's a depressing prospect. Forci- er and the Wolverines' play just one month ago had almost made a New Year's Day bowl feel like more than just wishful thinking. The freshman is still a talented quarterback, and still seemed nearly as confident Saturday as he was after Notre Dame. But Satur- day showed what we have been suspecting for a few games now - his freshman year has finally started. Excluding Michigan's first possession, a 70-yard touch- down drive in which Forcier was 3-of-3, the freshman completed 10 of 27 passes for 106 yards. He was sacked five times. "I don't know if one game can really define you either way, good or bad," Rodriguez said after the game. "I think we're a young team but you know, we've played enough games to get some experience." It's been more than one game's worth of disappointment now, though this one was the most important in determining how this team will finish. In the team's first four games, Forcier completed 62 percent of his passes with two interceptions and seven touchdowns. During the team's dismal Octo- ber, a 1-3 stretch, the freshman has completed just 48 percent of his passes, thrown three interceptions and just two touchdowns. Forcier maintains he's fine, and Rodriguez said Saturday's mis- takes were "correctable," some- thing that's been said during each of Michigan's three losses. But as soon as the young Wolverines fix their mistakes, others become even more apparent. That inexperience is why the Wolverines were outmatched Sat- urday in a game that couldn't have been further from their fairytale- fast start. 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