Around the region, several counties have held swine flu clinics for various priority groups. Some reported lines but few arguments. More clinics are being scheduled as vaccine arrives.

Each is set up differently, with guidelines - usually - posted online.

Chester County, faced with very limited supplies, did not publicize its three recent clinics for pregnant women and caregivers of children under 6 months old. Instead, Health Department staff had kept track of people who inquired about vaccine - and called each one back. Nearly 600 were vaccinated.

Philadelphia's health department will open 28 walk-in clinics on a varying schedule for all priority groups beginning Monday, when it also will begin immunizing children in parochial schools. The city yesterday completed the last of 265 clinics in every public school. (Children under 10 will get a required second dose next month.)

Montgomery County advertised two clinics a week ago and gave 3,500 doses to all priority groups. Nothing more is scheduled - yet.

Bucks County diverted to school districts all the vaccine it has received so far and announced yesterday that vaccinations would begin Tuesday in the Bristol Borough School District. Nothing else is planned - yet.

The state health center in Chester, which serves Delaware County, has limited supplies available for people who can't it anywhere else.

About 1,300 people in various priority groups have been vaccinated at three public clinics in Gloucester County, and a fourth - this one targeted for people 18 to 40 with underlying medical conditions - will be Friday in Clayton. "As we get more vaccine, we schedule clinics," said Scott Woodside, director of nursing for the county Health Department.

At 5 p.m. yesterday, a few dozen children were drawing in coloring books and watching TV while waiting for shots at the Duble Senior Center in Winslow Township. It had been a long day - people started lining up at 11:30 a.m. for a children's clinic that opened at 2:15 p.m., 15 minutes early - and 934 doses were given by four Camden County Health Department nurses by closing time, 6:30. Another clinic will be held Nov. 16 in Collingswood.

No one got upset, said Ann Biondi, director of community health services.

No upset children at a vaccination clinic?

"Before, no. After, yes," Biondi said by phone. "We had a little one who was watching her sister" get a shot. "She just started screaming because her sister was screaming, and then other kids started screaming, too."

The staff gave them lollipops.

Links to public flu-clinic schedules in every county: http://go.philly.com/flu