Students get H1N1 vaccine
Published on November 10, 2009 by Caitlyn Van Orden
Amidst black, gold and maroon balloons decorating the Student Center for homecoming week, students stood in line to receive H1N1 swine flu vaccines Monday, Nov. 9.
Anne Nichols, director of the health clinic, sent an email to students the evening of Sunday, Nov. 8, announcing that the clinic had received 1,400 doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine and that it would be administered the next day only to current KSU students, staff and faculty members. Those wishing to be immunized had to present a KSU I.D. card.
The vaccine was to be administered on a first-come, first served basis from 8 a.m. to noon and again from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the main dining area of the Student Center. Health officials ran out of the vaccine before 4 p.m.
Sentinel features editor Mallory Brewer was among the students to receive the vaccine on Monday.
“My mom urged me to get one,” said Brewer. “If I were to catch the swine flu and get near my dad, it could possibly kill him because he’s had Guillain-Barre syndrome, an autoimmune disease that attacks the peripheral nervous system, before.”
“If you are unable to be immunized on Monday… please watch for information on the health clinic Web site [www.kennesaw.edu/col_hhs/hc/] for when and where the vaccine will be available again,” Nichols wrote in her email.
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