Flu Shot Madness

I have been trying to get flu shots for the kids and I for about the past 6 weeks. Well, more the past 6 weeks for the kids and me a little shorter. Their pediatrician has been out, my family practice doctor has been out, my ob/gyn doesn't give them but urges me as a pregnant woman to get both flu shot and the H1N1 shot, and the pharmacies that have sponsored flu shot clinics have been canceled due to shortages. I have called our doctors office regularly to find out if they have been restocked but alas they hadn't and they didn't know when they would get more. I happened to call the other day and they told me a clinic that the Lehigh Valley Medical Network was offering on Saturday. I went to their website and there was my chance to get not only a shot for me but the kids as well. The best part about it was that it was free and a drive-thru. The website said they would not run out and they offered the clinic from 9-3 Saturday and Sunday. The one on Saturday was held at Dorney Park parking lot, the local Amusement Park. Since it was a drive-thru clinic you just stayed in the car. Well Saturday rolled around and I took the kids for a little drive. As I approached the free exit to the park, I was amazed that there was a line backed up on to the freeway. It took us an hour just to get off the freeway ramp to wait in another line to get our shots. It was like we were at a rock concert. Once we got the shots which took all of 4 minutes, we left the park to find lines just as long if not longer than before of people waiting for their shots. The paper reported today that about 10,000 shots were given out. I was truly grateful for this service but seriously, 2 hours to wait for a flu shot? My questions is why don't they distribute all those shots to all the doctors offices that were out and the pharmacy flu shot clinics that are out? I am no health administrator but wouldn't have that been a little more efficient and faster? It seems that every year we have flu shot shortages. Is it impossible to use the numbers from the year before to get a guessimate of how many shots we are going to need for the coming year? I realize I know nothing in this area but I am just tossing it our there as an idea. I guess next year I'll start calling in July for our flu shots to ensure we get one.