WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remember swine flu? The government wants to make sure people haven't forgotten, even though cases have plummeted.
On what has been officially dubbed National Influenza Vaccination Week, the government's making a big flu-shot push in a bid to regenerate interest in getting protected.
The week will give officials a better sense of when to stop bottling more vaccine. As opposed to early in the season when there were long lines for few doses, there are now more than 136 million doses. And the government is facing a decision on when to pull the production plug, so as not to be left with too many extra. It's a decision being put off on purpose, in order to not be left empty-handed in case of a late-season outbreak.
More than 60 million people are thought to have been vaccinated so far. There's enough left over to ship millions of doses to developing countries.
