The pendulum
Volume 31, Issue 10
November 3, 2005
www.elon.edu/pendulum
"If it matters to you, it matters to The Pendiili^.”
Flu vaccines go fast as winter nears
jji'ista Napnski
News Editor
More than 1,000 students,
acuity and staff stood in line
Ws Week to brave the sting of
shots this year.
Influenza (the proper term
the flu) vaccines were
^^inistered this week in the
^”^uter lounge in Moseley
enter from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Friday or until the sup
plies run out.
As of Wednesday morning,
than 1,000 had been
|"'en out of 1,500 vaccines,
^dents, faculty and staff can
get the vaccine at the
center if they haven’t
ueen given out by Friday.
I have heard so much
®oout the flu this year,”
®nathan Aleshire, senior,
said. “it>5 gQ j.jjj
^vantage of the easy access.”
. ^oung children, including
•nfants and people over 50,
should get vaccinated.
College students should
^so get vaccinated because
live in close proximity to
^ large group of people,
**'^asing the opportunity for
^ l^ge outbreak. Study abroad
students are recommended to
’’^ive the vaccine as well.
Last year, the health center
d not receive the vaccine
Were only given 50 doses
s
Krista Naposki/ Photographer
his shot (upper left). Nurse jan Magee gives sophotvore l3uren Durr her
Julie (lower left). Wendy Stahl (right) said, "My roommate told me they stabbed into your ami, but I didn even feel .
Nurse,
shot because she
of FluMist.
The flu vaccine, can pre
vent the flu altogether or at
least make flu symptoms
mUder. Contrary to popular
myth, the flu vaccme cannot
cause the flu, according to Jan
Magee, an Elon nurse.
The vaccine is a dead virus
while the FluMist is a live
virus. FluMist is suggested
for healthy individuals.
Sometimes, the vaccine or the
HuMist will cause a low fever
or cause aches shortly after
administration.
people can receive the flu
strain is different each year.
The CDC, Center of
Disease Control, predicts the
three most prominent strains
of flu each year. But, every
year there can be around a
dozen different strains, nurse
Julie Small said.
February is the most com-
agee, an p receive me nu «
However, the HuMist can, because the mon month for the flu, so stu-
m rare cases, cause the flu.
dents who get the vaccine
now are woridng ahead.
“I get (a shot) every year,”
Tara Mulcahy, sophomore,
said. “I get the flu anyway,
but my mom makes me.
She’ll be proud.”
The flu shot does not pre
vent the Bird Flu, which is a
fatal strain affecting people in
Southeast Asia. It originated
because of the poor condi
tions within the poultry indus
try and has not shown up in
the United States yet.
Contact Krista Naposki at
pendulwn@elon.edu or at
278-7247
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ENTERTAINMENT
Seen the face of a
ghost recently?
Check out the band
Ghostface and their latest
local performance.
See p. 18
SPORTS
Looking for the
turlcey?
Find him volunteering
with students at the
annual TXirkey Trot
See p. 21