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Atlanta's AeroClinic Will Hook You Up With Flu Shots In The Airport

August 31, 2009 at 1:19 PM | by | Comments (0)

When last we checked in on ATL's AeroClinic, it had just opened and was offering travelers diagnoses and scripts at $80 a visit. A couple years later and they've expanded into the flu shot market. They're even gearing up to ride swine flu all the way into profitability. Or at least news coverage:

The clinic dispensed about 10,000 flu shots last year, and ... the company is offering the shots starting Sept. 15 'to accommodate people who want to get a jump-start on flu season.'... Kelly says the AeroClinic hopes to get an allocation of H1N1 flu vaccine when it becomes available, which is estimated around mid-October.

The standard flu shots they're giving right now cost $35, with H1N1 vaccine pricing to be announced later.

The medical merits of the move aside, from a marketing perspective it's simply brilliant. What better way to remind people they need a flu vaccine, than cramming them into an airport terminal with a few thousand of their least-close friends? Except maybe doing it at the world's busiest airport as summer winds down, when flights start getting canceled and airports start resembling blanket-strewn refugee zones.

On the other hand, we're a little loathe to embrace injecting people with weakened flu strains in the middle of their flight days. It just doesn't seem like the kind of thing that would improve the overall travel experience.

[Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith, CDC / Wiki Commons]

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