U of M sets flu shot record of over 10,000

Twin Cities

October 28, 2008 6:37 PM

The sticker being handed out during the flu shots — A sticker being handed out shows that the flu shot endeavor aimed to break the Guinness World Record.
MPR Photo/Tom Crann

The University of Minnesota has apparently earned a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records today for vaccinating the most people in one day against influenza.

The massive flu shot operation took place at four different locations around the Twin Cities campus.

A long line to get a flu shot — The line is long for the shots at one U location, set up in a coffee shop on the lower level of the Moos tower.
MPR Photo/Tom Crann

University officials say 10,066 students and staffers received vaccinations by 4:30pm today. That shatters the old official record of 3,271 set by a hospital in Florida in 2006.

Among the thousands vaccinated today was our own medical analyst, Dr. Jon Hallberg, and he invited Tom Crann along.

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