{"id":20212,"date":"2012-10-17T04:05:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T09:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=20212"},"modified":"2012-10-15T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T19:14:00","slug":"flu-shots-available-for-ut-community-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_17_2012\/flu-shots-available-for-ut-community-members","title":{"rendered":"Flu shots available for UT community members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The seasonal flu shot program is under way as UT Medical Center employees involved with patient care are receiving inoculation. Vaccine will be provided on Main Campus starting at Welloween Friday, Oct. 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/flu_vaccine1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/flu_vaccine1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"flu_vaccine1\" width=\"468\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/flu_vaccine1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/flu_vaccine1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>Walk-in clinics will start Monday, Oct. 22, and run through Thursday, Nov. 15.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Annual vaccination against seasonal influenza is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for adults to reduce risks of becoming ill with influenza or transmitting the virus to others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInoculation is very important for students because of virus exposure in confined spaces such as classrooms and residence halls,\u201d said Dr. Susan Batten, associate professor of nursing.<\/p>\n<p>The flu shots are free for UT employees and students with their IDs.<\/p>\n<p>Clinics will take place:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Monday, Oct. 22 \u2014 Collier Building Lobby from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Oct. 23 \u2014 Health Education Building Lobby from 8 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Oct. 25 \u2014 Health Science Building Lobby from 8 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Friday, Oct. 26 \u2014 Student Recreation Center during Welloween from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Oct. 30 \u2014 UT Medical Center Gift Shop Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wednesday, Oct. 31 \u2014 Health Education Building Lobby from 8 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 1 \u2014 UT Medical Center Gift Shop Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Nov. 6 \u2014 Stranahan Hall Lobby from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wednesday, Nov. 7 \u2014 Law Center Room 1039 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 8 \u2014 Rocket Hall Lobby from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Nov. 13 \u2014 Health and Human Services Building Lobby from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 15 \u2014 Memorial Field House Center Court from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had a good response so far with more than 9,000 doses given,\u201d Batten said. \u201cI hope interest continues. It certainly beats the $30 out-of-pocket expense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the schedule and plan when you can get a flu shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}