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The shortage has caused the shutdown of all 16 flu centers in the area and has left countless senior citizens still waiting for shots, the Chicago Tribune said Friday.

Though the Bears' official stance is that all matters of medication and treatment are private, a team official said only those players who might be at risk with "asthma-type conditions" received the vaccine. The rest of the vaccine, he said, was returned to the distributor.

But Bears players indicated all of them were given the option of receiving a shot with less than half of them getting one.

The Chicago Bulls also received the shots, but a day before the shortage was announced on Oct. 5, according to a source.