The acting medical officer of health for the Northwestern Ontario says local efforts to deal with the H1N1 flu season went well - but not well understood.
Dr. James Arthurs says a review of their abilities to deal with the flu strain did show the distribution of vaccines went well, but there remained a lot of confusion.
"Confusion about the priorities. Confusion about the adjavent. Confusion about the seasonal flu versus the H1N1 swine flu and who should get what first," said Arthurs. "Our weaknesses were realistically the same as I think as they were right across the province."
Arthurs says the fact that the impact of H1N1 was not as great as feared was beneficial.
