Colleges See Shortage of Flu Vaccine

College campuses across the nation are on high alert to watch out for outbreaks of H1N1. Anywhere that there are large groups of people in close proximity to one another is at a high risk for spread of the disease.

For most people, getting the flu vaccine every year usually isn’t a problem.

But this year is different.

Not only is the vaccine for the swine flu, or H1N1 virus, in short supply, but so is the vaccine for regular seasonal flu.

Health officials are targeting students, including college students, because they’re among the most at risk.

Local colleges have been conducting campus clinics to administer the vaccines for seasonal flu.

One of the biggest concerns about colleges and universities is that campuses are not closed environments.

Elizabethtown College conducted a series of seasonal flu vaccine clinics this fall to reduce the risk of students, faculty and staff contracting the regular flu.

School administrators are beefing up efforts to encourage students to take steps to keep the virus from spreading further.

Flu activity is widespread in 48 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu-related hospitalizations and deaths continue to increase and are very high nationwide compared to what is expected for this time of year.

Students need to contact their health clinic if they think they may have the H1N1 virus or think that they may have been exposed to it. Symptoms that you may have H1N1 and not the regular flu include diarrhea and vomiting in addition to regular flu symptoms.

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