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Tina Keeton, medical assistant, gives a flu shot to Laura Gilliland, a staff nurse. Watkins Medical Center offers flu shots to students during hours.
Watkins encourages flu shots for students
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▶ HAILEY DIXON
@_Hailey_Dixon
With flu season on its way, University
on its way. University health workers want to encourage students, staff and employees to get the flu shot before it's too late.
The flu shot ultimately helps people remain healthy throughout the flu season, which can range from October to May, according to Kate Harper, the Watkins Health Services nurse supervisor.
According to the CDC, recent studies show the flu vaccine reduces the risk of flu illness by 50 to 60 percent among the overall population.
"Basically, the benefit of the flu shot is that we hope that the way the vaccine is designed will prevent you from getting the flu altogether," Harper said.
Joe Heidrick, the assistant dean of the school of pharmacy, said the flu shot also protects individuals from an outbreak of influenza.
"There's different types of influenza and viruses that cause infection, but the influenza virus itself is a different virus that causes flu like symptoms," Heidrick said. "It's not very often that you get actual influenza, but the thing to keep in mind is that the most deadly epidemics in our country are due to the
influenza virus; thousands and thousands of people were killed in the late 1800s and early 1900s."
Heidrick encourages college students especially to get the flu shot.
"College students are the prime people that should get the flu shot because of communal living," Heidrick said.
According to Harper, anyone older than six months should get the vaccine. Heidrick said those that have a significant egg allergy or have had a severe allergic reaction to the flu shot in the past should not get the shot. In addition, those that are immunosuppressed should
not get the shot, because it will not work, according to Heidrick.
Harper said students should get the shot as soon as it is available. If a person is feeling sick, it is advised that they wait to get the flu shot until the fever has passed, according to Heidrick.
After getting the shot, people can experience minor side effects, which include a sore or swollen arm, low fever and body aches. Harper said.
"It's not going to hurt you. It just won't make it as effective." Heidrick said.
surround the vaccination. Nurses such as Harper want to debunk misconceptions and inform people about the positives of getting the vaccination.
Even though flu shots have proven benefits, there are still myths that
The injection does not contain anything that can make a person sick or come down with the flu, as the injection is an inactivated virus, Harper said.
"A popular opinion out there is that the flu vaccine can make you sick," she said.
"If you were to have the vaccine and suddenly you got the flu three days later, it would be because the shot didn't take its full effect," Harper said.
The shot works to
create antibodies so that if a person does come into contact with the flu, his or her body will try to fight it, Heidrick said.
Other than a fear of side effects, some people may not want to get the flu shot because of a fright of needles.
Basically, the benefit of the flu shot is that we hope that the way the vaccine is designed will prevent you from getting the flu altogether."
Kate Harper Watkins Health Center nurse supervisor
"Needle phobia is a legitimate thing, and for some people it's beyond their control," Harper said. "What I tell people is that this is not a very painful shot, and in health care we are big on risk versus benefit. The very few minutes of anxiety over that needle are far less from getting that benefit from being healthy and staying at work and staying in class."
Campus carry viewpoints clash at KU panel
CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese
Competing viewpoints on the University's campus carry debate came together Wednesday night in a panel and discussion event hosted by the University's chapter of Amnesty International.
Baxter Schanze/KANSAN polarized campus carry
Signs sit in the doorway of the Kansas Union Ballroom Wednesday night during a polarized campus carry discussion.
After the four members of the panel all of whom said they were against campus carry answered general questions about the issue, the event opened up to audience questions. Many of the audience members who took the microphone were gun owners and advocates of campus carry.
The gun owners, many sporting National Rifle Association shirts, shared reasons why they would like to carry weapons on campus and asked the panel to consider their points of view.
"We're not looking to carry guns on campus to hurt people," said one progn audience member. "We just want to feel safe."
The panel included University student Mike Hernandez, political science professor Paul Schumaker, Willow Domestic Violence Center employee Kristine Chapman and Kansas Rep. Dennis "Boog" Highberger. In response to the pro-gun audience members, they spoke about the larger impact of allowing guns on campus.
Schumaker said his biggest concern is that allowing guns on campus would prevent classrooms from feeling safe and being open to free academic discussion.
Many of the panel members felt the legislature's 2015 decision to repeal the training requirement for concealed carry made campus carry much more problematic.
Hernandez agreed, saying he fears that concealed carry would change relationships between students, as well as the relationship between students and instructors.
"For us to drive a car, we have to go in and pass a test, why wouldn't you have to take one to fire a gun?" Chapman said.
Other concerns that were raised during the panel were the lack of training required to carry a gun and the possibility of legislative change.
Many of the audience members who were against campus carry asked Highberger about what the paths forward might be like in the Kansas legislature.
Highberger, who represents the northeast part of Lawrence, said he has high hopes for passing a bill drafted by Rep. Barbara Ballard (D-Lawrence), which would permanently exempt colleges and universities from concealed carry. He said that bill would be his first course of action
members asked panel members if they knew what concealed carry training had actually been like before the 2015 law, arguing that it had been minimal in the first place. He also said most people who feel strongly enough to carry a gun on campus have experience and more advanced training, even including competitive shooting.
One of the audience
Highberger said the shifts in the legislature that the state has seen in primary elections give him hope that next term's legislature will be more amenable to changing the law. A number of moderates won over more extreme Republican incumbents in primaries, and Highberger said he expects even more incumbents to fall in the general election.
he would consider further compromise if the bill couldn't get passed.
"For some of these [legislators], protecting gun rights is like a religion," he said.
All of the panel members encouraged the audience to vote and contact their legislators to make their voice heard on the issue of. campus carry, regardless of what they think of the issue.
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nine justices. This could significantly alter the lean of the court, Ware said, as four of the justices up for retention were appointed by Democratic governors. Campaigns like Kansans for Justice are asking voters to vote "no" on retaining those four justices, but to retain Stegall, a recent appointment by Gov. Sam Brownback.
"I think it's fair to say
tive Republicans control — the legislature and the statehouse, but they don't control the courts," Ware said. "It's in the nature of political parties to want to control as much as they can, and so they're trying to push for more control over the courts."
Rep. Barbara Ballard (D-Lawrence) agreed that the retention vote has become a lot more about political parties than the jus-
that Republicans control — and probably conservation. Republicans
tices themselves. But voting whether or not to retain justices should be about how they do their jobs, not which ideology they fit into, Ballard said.
"We need to avoid politicizing a position where you depend on getting fair decisions," she said. "What we want is a decision that is based on what's best for all people, not best for one party."
If voters were to vote to not retain any of the justices, Brownback would be
able to name their replacements from a selection of qualified candidates chosen by the bi-partisan Supreme Court Nominating Commission, Ware said.
"The Republicans don't have full control over the appointment of justices, like they might over appeals courts," Ware said, "But Brownback would be free to pick the most conservative candidates that the commission nominates."
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