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Swine flu shots offered at CCC The Clackamas College community will have a ''sneak preview" of the nationwide swine flu innoculation program next week. Free vaccinations will be offered to stu dents and staff on Monday, Oct. 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center Mall. "We are hoping that evening students and faculty will take advantage of the later hours," said Bonnie Hartley, CCC student nurse. "This clinic is strictly for college stu dents and staff - it's not open to the out side community." One advantage to this particular innocu- lation clinic is that it doesn't hurt. "There's no needle," said Dr. Dan Risser, CCC health officer. "The Clackamas County Health Department will be using an air jet gun for the shots which will force the vaccine through the skin of the arm by great pressure." Community school okayed for Oregon City After three years of waiting, Oregon City residents will be able to enjoy the benefits of a community school program. Clackamas Community College and the Oregon City School District came to an agreement at the Oct. 13 College Board of Education meeting, to enter into a coop erative program to fund the community school program in Oregon City. This will make the area served by Clackamas Community College the first in the nation to offer community school pro grams to all its citizens. Under this program the college, the school districts, and in some cases the cities, join together to provide resources and funding to hire a coordinator to identify local needs and then develop educational programs to meet these needs. The local school districts will provide rent free use of their facilities and then work with the college, which provides instructors and resources to offer a variety of classes, including both recreational and college cre dit courses. Cooperative funding and resources shar ing agreements are already in effect with the North Clackamas School District, Esta cada, Colton, West Linn, Canby, Molalla, and Gladstone. The Oregon City program is expected to begin Jan. 1, 1977. In other official action at the Oct. 13 meeting, the board officially ratified the 1976-77 contract for teachers' salaries. The new contract calls for an across the board six per cent salary increase and an increase of one-half of one per cent in college con tributions to health and welfare items. The board also gave its go ahead for the planning phase of a proposed classroom faculty office bridge to connect McLoughlin and Randall Halls. The project is to be planned and submitted for possible federal funding under a Public Works Grant Pro gram designed to improve regional employ ment opportunities. Page 2 All persons participating in the vaccine program will be given an information sheet relating to the innoculation and will receive counseling. "Trained counselors will be asking every one's age, whether they are allergic to eggs and whether they have had any illness with in the past two days which involved a fever," said Hartley. "If they are allergic to eggs, or have had a fever they will not be allowed to take the vaccine." Persons taking the innoculation will also be asked to sign consent forms, a general procedure required by the U.S. Public Health Department for the swine flu vaccination program. "This is only for this vaccine because it is such a widespread program," said Dr. Risser. "A real reason is because the United States government has taken responsibility for pos sible side effects. This is interesting because our tax dollars have to pay if anyone has an adverse reaction." Most people have no physical reaction at all, according to Dr. Risser. The swine flu is formally known as In fluenza A New Jersey, said Dr. Risser. It is a sub-type of influenza that is found in swine or hogs. It was first isolated in a mili tary base in New Jersey last February. "This is felt to be the same sub-type of influenza that caused the Spanish flu epi demic between 1918 and 1920," said Dr. Risser. "That epidemic had a higher mor tality rate than any flu epidemic to this date. Twenty million persons died world wide." The exact symptoms of swine flu aren't known as of this date. However, "approxi mately 80 percent of the people vaccinated" would be protected if there was an epidemic, said Dr. Risser. "Influenza vaccines are in general less effective than measle or vaccines." Doctors have said that persons be 18 and 60 years old should receii vaccine in monovalent form. Personi serious chronic illness including heai ease, asthma, diabetes will get a bi vaccine. Both types of vaccine will be ad from the county health department! Monday, said Dr. Risser. "Persons under 18 are not adviJ take the vaccine because of higher ril side effects," said Dr. Risser. There wl be less chance of a "take" of the vaccil the younger people, he said. Because of the large crowd that! pected, CCC nursing students will bel ing health department officials in us! and counseling. Hartley stressed that those persons! the vaccine who wish to give blood ■ the Red Cross Blood Drive set for the! pus Oct. 27 should feel free to J "It is alright to give blood 241 after this type of vaccine has been tai she said. The campus will have two more| flu vaccination clinics in November. I will be open to the families of student! staff and the general public. The dal these clinics will be announced at a date, said Hartley. 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