Health services provides free flu shots to students
Health Services will be providing students with the opportunity to receive free flu shots in the Carman Hall lobby Wednesday.
Students can get the flu shot from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
There will also be two additional dates where students can get the shot: Oct. 12 and Oct. 19.
Jessica Jones, a senior chemistry major, said she has never gotten a flu shot before, but likes that students will not have to pay any additional cost to stay healthy.
“I haven’t gotten the flu in the past, but I think that it’s free here-that’s totally legit,” Jones said. “I like that a lot.”
Jones said she thinks laziness is the only thing that will deter people from going to Carman Hall for the shot.
Fiona Finnigan, a sophomore art major, said she heard about free flu shots last year but did not decided to get it.
Finnigan said she has not gotten the flu in years.
“I tend to only get the flu in the years that I get the shot, so I don’t get the shot,” Finnigan said. “I know it’s bad logic.”
According to the Oct. 3 edition of The Daily Eastern News, the flu shot cannot transport the flu because it is made from killed or weakened viruses that cannot be spread.
There are possible side effects of the shot; however, they are mild and resolved much quicker than the flu.
Finnigan said joint pain, fatigue and body aches are some of the symptoms she recognizes as flu related.
“A lot of people associate sneezing and running noses with flu but I think they are one of the milder symptoms,” she said.
Symptoms of the flu include having some or all of the following: fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue and possible vomiting or diarrhea — less common in adults, according to a Health Services’ press release
Rachel Jennett, a senior special education major, sad she was considering getting the flu shots here at Eastern.
“It’s free and living on a college campus it is easy to pass disease and it’s a way to prevent it,” Jennett said.
Jennett, who got the flu two years ago, said she would gladly take the necessary precautions to prevent getting sick again.
“I think I missed a day of school and it was hard to concentrate on anything except feeling sick,” Jennett said.
The Oct.12 flu shots will be given from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Career Services Building and the Oct. 19 shots will take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Thomas Hall.
Nike Ogunbodede can
be reached at 581-2812
