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Flu vaccine is available each year at Walker Health Center for Students (FREE!!!!!!!!) and a fee for Faculty and Staff.
Who should get a flu shot? People who...
- want to avoid contracting influenza;
- work in child care or work in a nursing home;
- are immunocompromised from disease or medication;
- have chronic disease such as asthma, diabetes or heart, liver or lung disease.
Who should NOT get a flu shot? People who...
- had an allergic reaction to flu vaccine in the past;
- are allergic to eggs or chickens;
- developed Guillian-Barre syndrome, a rare, serious autoimmune disease of the nerves outside the brain and the spinal cord. If you have had this disease after flu vaccine you are more likely to get it again;
- have a fever right now. When your fever is gone you can return for flu vaccine.
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