Northridge resident Shawn Wyatt holds his son, Harrison, 3, as they wait at 6 a.m. outside the Balboa Park Community Center in Encino, where the first of L.A. County’s H1N1 vaccine clinics opened. Wyatt is a paramedic, which is among the groups given priority for the vaccine. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The first shipment of H1N1 vaccine arrives in a refrigerated truck at the Balboa Park Community Center in Encino. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
H1N1 vaccine is unloaded in Encino before Los Angeles County’s first vaccination clinic opens. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Jonathan E. Fielding checks a delivery of H1N1 vaccine at the Balboa Park Community Center. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Registered nurse Jesus Murillo (left) and immunization supervisor Lidoosh Hartoonian open and sort the first shipment of H1N1 vaccine. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The H1N1 vaccine. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The first of several hundred people to receive the H1N1 vaccine in Encino process their paperwork and wait for their flu shots. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A nurse prepares a dose of H1N1 vaccine. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
County Supervisor Zev Yarsoslavsky receives an H1N1 vaccination from Public Health Director Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding (right). (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Jaxon Irribarra lets out a cry as he receives his H1N1 vaccination. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
