Frist says colleagues' shots were within guidelines

[Khephra]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says those on Capitol Hill who got flu shots in his office were either following federal guidelines or their own doctors' recommendations.

Frist -- who is also a physician -- responded today to criticism that his office was used as a makeshift clinic to administer shots to colleagues two days after the federal government asked healthy adults to forgo the vaccinations because of a shortage of doses. Frist says he got his own inoculation "days" before the guidelines were announced Oct. 5.

Frist also noted one-third of Senate members are 65 or over, which is within the guidelines for getting the flu shots.

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