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Vaccine may help ward off illnesses
Students and faculty in close quarters such as lecture halls, elevators and residence halls should consider getting a flu shot to prevent sickness.
By Sue Franke
Kansan staff writer
The season for influenza, commonly known as the flu, hits its peak between late December and early March, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In studies of healthy young adults, the flu vaccine has proven to be 70 percent to 98 percent effective in preventing illness, according to the CDC. It takes about one to two weeks after vaccination to provide protection. Randall Rock, chief of staff for Watkins Memorial Health Center,
"Everyone is susceptible, so we
Randall Rock, chief of staff for Watkins Memorial Health Center,
said Watkins offered flu shots for $5.
encourage students, who are planning for finals, to get a shot," Rock said. "Most people don't have a week to 10 days to be sick."
Rock said flu symptoms included fever, headache, sore throat, coughing and heavy chest discomfort.
Students can walk into Watkins without an appointment and receive a flu shot for $5. Vaccinations will take place from mid-October to Nov. 1 at campus sites to be announced.
He also said people who were at high risk to contract the flu included smokers and those with chronic respiratory problems. The virus is contracted by exposure to respiratory droplets from someone coughing or droplet secretions on the hands, he said.
Because the vaccine is made from inactive viruses, it can't give someone the flu. According to the CDC, those allergic to eggs should not
Because the virus is so contagious, Rock said that students with acute symptoms such as a fever and cough limit their contact with others.
--receive the vaccine, however,
because the viruses used in it are
grown in hens' eggs.
Type A Sydney, Type A Beijing and Type B Beijing viruses. Patrick Morrarty, physician at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said that because viruses mutated so quickly, sometimes predictions were wrong.
A Free, drive-through clinic will take place from 8 a.m. to noon, Oct. 17 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, 39th Street and Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kan.
FLU VACCINATIONS
Vaccine strains must be chosen nine to ten months before the flu season, according to the CDC. The vaccine for the 1989-99 season protects against
"The Type A Sydney came out late last year and wasn't part of the vaccine," he said.
While receiving the vaccine intravenously is the only method available now, a nasal spray called FluMist is waiting for Federal Drug Administration approval.
Manufactured by Aviron, a Mountain View, Calif., biotechnology company, the nasal spray works similar to the inactive vaccine and is more effective for younger people. Moriarty said. He said he expected that it would replace the flu shot as soon as next year.
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