On Monday the demeanor of the first to come to the clinics impressed Dr. Robert Travnicek, Coastal Plains Public Health District health officer. Some U.S. regions have faced anger and long lines.

“It looks as though, because we went through Katrina, calm is prevailing here,” Travnicek said after making his rounds of the clinics. “This H1N1 flu is not a Category 5 flu. There’s a nice flow of people in the clinics, and there seems to be limited waiting,”

MSDH announced Friday it has received 223,8000 vaccine doses from stock controlled by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with more expected in coming weeks for schools and public and private medical providers. Vaccine production is slower than predicted, so those not at high risk are asked to wait until the most vulnerable get their shots.