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.
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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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