Thursday, November 19, 2009
Watkins Memorial Health Center will begin offering free H1N1 vaccines to students from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.
Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said the shot would be available to students age 24 and younger who show their KU ID. Students 25 and older can receive the vaccine if they have medical conditions such as diabetes or asthma. The clinic is on first-come, first-served basis.
“Obviously we won’t be able to get a vaccine for everybody,” Cohen said.
However, Cohen emphasized that no one was turned away from the last vaccination clinic, held on Nov. 6. Cohen said that about 600 people received the vaccine on that date.
“You don’t need to camp out — it’s a KU tradition for basketball, but we don’t need to do that for the flu,” he said.
In the meantime, Cohen said the University encouraged students to take precautions to prevent the flu . Cohen also said that the vaccination would take about six weeks to kick in.
“You can’t just take a shot and walk out and say, ‘OK, I’m protected,’” Cohen said.
Students can take other preventative steps. Jarad Gouge, Lawrence sophomore and desk assistant at Hashinger Residence Hall, said the check-in desk on the main floor of Hashinger offered free masks.
“The main concern is the confinement issue,” Gouge said. “The fact that we have 400-plus students living in one place and it’s such a contagious illness that if one person gets it, it can spread.”
Symptoms of H1N1 include a fever of more than 100 degrees, coughing, sore throat, body aches, respiratory congestion and occasionally vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Web site. Students with flu-like symptoms are encouraged to stay home and isolate themselves from roommates to prevent spread of the disease.
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