Both the H1N1 flu mist and the seasonal flu mist contain a live virus so they need to be kept at least 28 days apart.

The H1N1 vaccine in both the inhaled and injectable forms is trickling in slowly to health care providers in the tri-county area. 

Public health offices in all three counties are working with school district to get parental consent to vaccinate kids in the schools. 

Meanwhile the flu is already spreading.

"One school will report that they've had an increase in absenteeism, many of them due to influenza-like illness lasting three to five days and by the following week the attendance rate is back to normal and then we see it in a different school," said Donna Grant of Jefferson County Public Health.

That's why they want to vaccinate kids as soon as possible. 

Because a question was inadvertently left off the consent form in Jefferson County, school nurses will be contacting parents before the vaccines are given. 

Anyone who has had a live virus vaccine, including seasonal flu mist, or the MMR or chicken pox vaccine within the past month will need to be given the injectable form of the H1N1 vaccine for it to be effective.

While the timing of vaccine shipments to both public health and doctors' offices remains uncertain, your best bet for getting the vaccine is to get it wherever you can get it first.