Free flu vaccine clinics on campus
The college is offering no cost flu vaccines to Reed students, faculty and staff. All flu vaccine clinics will be held in the Gray Campus Center, rooms C/D on the following dates:
-October 24, Monday, from 10am to 6pm
-October 26, Wednesday, from 3pm to 7pm
-November 3, Thursday, from 10am to 6pm
No appointment is necessary. There is a Consent and Release form that will need to be completed by all who receive an immunization. For your convenience, and to expedite the process, the form may accessed at this link. You may print it out, complete it in advance and bring it with you the flu vaccine clinic. Forms will also be available at the vaccine clinics.
There are many flu viruses that frequently mutate. Each year a new flu vaccine is made to protect against three or four viruses that are likely to cause disease in the upcoming flu season. In the event that the vaccine does not match these viruses, it may still provide some protection. It takes approximately two weeks for protection to develop after vaccination, and protection lasts through the flu season.
This year, we will be offering the Quadrivalent vaccine which protects against 4 different strains of influenza as well as the High Dose vaccine for seniors. According to the CDC, adding the 4th strain significantly broadens the protection against circulating flu viruses.
You should not get the vaccine if you have any severe, life-threatening allergies, if you have ever had Guillain-Barre Syndrome, or if you are not feeling well.
Please refer to the CDC website: www.cdc.gov/flu for further information.
For more information contact Maureen Mitchell (HCC) at mitchellm@reed.edu or extension 7831.
Be a flu shot hero and get vaccinated. Protect your family, friends and the community!
For more information, contact Maureen Mitchell.
Submitted by Robin Tovey.
Posted on Oct 12, 2016
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