The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending EVERYONE over 6 months of age to get a seasonal flu shot this year. We will start giving shots to university students, faculty, and staff on Tuesday, October 12th. It will be $18 for the shot and can be paid by cash, check, or charged to L-accounts for students. Vaccination is the BEST way to prevent getting the flu, or spreading it to someone else.
The College of Pharmacy has several flu shot clinics set up that will make it easy to receive your flu shot. Please make plans to come to one of these clinics. This is the fastest and most convenient way to get vaccinated this year.
Tuesday, October 12 from 1:30–4:00 P.M. on the main floor of the Bennett Campus Center
Tuesday, October 26 from 12 noon–4:00 P.M. in the flex space of the Burton Building
Tuesday, November 16 from 12 noon–4:00 P.M. on the top floor of the Bennett Campus Center
Anyone who falls into a high-risk category listed below may come to the Health Center on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday next week to get their flu shot. Because of higher demands and activity in the Health Center, flu shots will be given in the Health Center from 7:45 to 9 A.M. and 3:30 to 4:30 P.M. We only have a limited supply of flu shots at the moment which is the reason we cannot start vaccinating everyone right away.
High-risk categories for flu vaccination are:
are aged 50 years and older;
have chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, neurologic, hematologic, or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus);
are immunosuppressed (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus);
are or will be pregnant during the influenza season;
are residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities;
are American Indians/Alaska Natives;
are morbidly obese (body-mass index is 40 or greater);
are health-care personnel;
are household contacts and caregivers of children aged younger than 5 years and adults aged 50 years and older, with particular emphasis on vaccinating contacts of children aged younger than 6 months; and
are household contacts and caregivers of persons with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe complications from influenza
Again, we encourage you to visit one of the Flu Shot Clinics to stay healthy this flu season! For more information about the flu and vaccination, visit: http://www.flu.gov/
For information about getting flu shots at Lipscomb, email healthservices@lipscomb.edu.
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