McMaster aims to beat the flu

McMaster will be holding flu vaccination clinics beginning next week.

These clinics are provided for all McMaster students and employees only, and your student or employee identification will be required.
Family members can not attend the campus clinics. The City of Hamilton provides many public clinics or you may get the vaccine from your family doctor.

According to campus health, people of any age can get the flu. Influenza is a serious, acute respiratory illness that is caused by a virus, and illness from a virus is not treatable by anti-biotics. Illness usually lasts two to seven days but it can develop into complications. It is much worse than a cold and even healthy, young people can become quite sick. Symptoms include fever, chills, cough, runny eyes, stuffy nose, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, extreme weakness and fatigue. You won't feel like doing anything so you will be missing time from work or school while you are ill.

Much of this illness can be prevented with an annual flu vaccination. Healthy people should be vaccinated to protect themselves and their families. Flu is easily spread by respiratory droplets in infected persons through coughing, sneezing or talking. It is also spread through direct contact with surfaces contaminated by the virus – phones, door handles and unwashed hands.

Students are vulnerable to infection because they spend so much time in close proximity to other students, in class, on the bus, living in residence or other student housing. Employees who work with students are also at risk.

Like any medicine, the influenza vaccine is capable of causing side effects but almost all people who get the fu vaccine have no serious problems. The most likely side effect is soreness, redness or swelling at the injection site. You cannot get the flu from the vaccine because it does not contain any live virus.

These are the dates, times and locations of the McMaster flu clinics:

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUSC 319

Monday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUSC 319

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUSC 319

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUMC, Ewart Angus Centre

Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Downtown Centre

Clinics are provided by Campus Health Centre and Working at McMaster.

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McMaster will be holding flu vaccination clinics beginning next week.<p><br />
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These clinics are provided for all McMaster students and employees only, and your student or employee identification will be required.  <br />
Family members can not attend the campus clinics.  The City of Hamilton provides many public clinics or you may get the vaccine from your family doctor.  <p><br />
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According to campus health, people of any age can get the flu. Influenza is a serious, acute respiratory illness that is caused by a virus, and illness from a virus is not treatable by anti-biotics.  Illness usually lasts two to seven days but it can develop into complications.  It is much worse than a cold and even healthy, young people can become quite sick.  Symptoms include fever, chills, cough, runny eyes, stuffy nose, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, extreme weakness and fatigue.  You won&#039;t feel like doing anything so you will be missing time from work or school while you are ill.<p><br />
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Much of this illness can be prevented with an annual flu vaccination.  Healthy people should be vaccinated to protect themselves and their families.  Flu is easily spread by respiratory droplets in infected persons through coughing, sneezing or talking.  It is also spread through direct contact with surfaces contaminated by the virus - phones, door handles and unwashed hands.<p><br />
<br />
Students are vulnerable to infection because they spend so much time in close proximity to other students, in class, on the bus, living in residence or other student housing.  Employees who work with students are also at risk.<p><br />
<br />
Like any medicine, the influenza vaccine is capable of causing side effects but almost all people who get the fu vaccine have no serious problems.  The most likely side effect is soreness, redness or swelling at the injection site.  You cannot get the flu from the vaccine because it does not contain any live virus. <p><br />
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These are the dates, times and locations of the McMaster flu clinics:<ul><br />
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<li>Tuesday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUSC 319</li><br />
<li>Monday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUSC 319</li><br />
<li>Tuesday, Nov. 8, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUSC 319</li><br />
<li>Wednesday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., MUMC, Ewart Angus Centre</li><br />
<li>Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Downtown Centre</li></ul><br />
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Clinics are provided by Campus Health Centre and Working at McMaster.

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