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Happy Hour with Drinks 2-For-l Monday-Thursday 4:30-6 p.m. Live Entertainment Friday & Saturday Nights . . We'll Have it Ready 846-4809 FOR ORDERS TO GO 5 P.M. TILL-? VISIT THE PIZZA-MAT 846-4890 Flu shots available now BY DEB KILGORE Although flu season starts during Christmas vacation. Dr. Claude B. Goswick, director of Beutel Health Center, suggests students take flu shots now at the health center. ‘It takes six weeks to develop immunity after receiving the llu shot, so anytime before Christmas would be a good time to take it, Goswick said recently. “The im munity lasts six months, so one shot is enough for the school year. If enough students take shots this fall, we might be able to pre vent an outbreak of flu this spring,’ he said. “When students return from Christmas holidays they bring flutoA&M, and when spring break comes they take it home. Despite the possibility of prevent ing a flu outbreak, Goswick said there will be no flu prevention pro gram this year because of the unfa vorable reaction to tbe swine flu program last year. Flu is any respiratory or intestinal infection caused by a virus. How ever, Goswick said respiratory flu is the type afflicting most students. Respiratory flu is airborne and can be contracted by contact with someone who has it. It causes fever, aches and pains in the joints, headaches, coughing, congestion and a general blah feeling,” Goswick said. Flu usually lasts three to five days, Goswick said, and no medicine is effective after getting the virus. Like all viruses, flu runs a certain course. Time and rest is the only treat ment. Going to bed the first day of sickness, taking aspirin and drinking fluids are the best ways to recover, Goswick adds. “If you don’t feel better after three days, then we prescribe an tibiotics, Goswick said. “However, they are only good for the bacterial infections which often accompany a virus. People mistakenly believe that antibiotics cure flu. “It’s important to get well be cause pneumonia can follow flu if you aren’t careful.” Goswick says flu shots are effec tive in preventing viruses but do not give 100 percent immunity because the many changing strains of the viruses make difficult to predict which strain will afflict people. “The Food and Drug Administra tion (FDA) governs what strains will be put into the vaccine each year. By the time we get the flu vaccine, it’s about a year old,” Goswick said. The shot itself can cause some fever and a headache. “If you have a cold or the flu, it’s not a good idea to take the shot. It might aggravate your symptoms a little,” Goswick said. “In addition, people allergic to eggs, feathers and chickens shouldn’t be given the shot since the vaccine is grown on eggs. Only if they are given a skin test for eggs and have no reaction, can they take the shot.” However, those on the basketball team not susceptible to those aller gies are required by the coach to take the vaccine since basketball is during flu season, Goswick said. Food service workers are also encouraged to take the vaccine. Goswick says taking a flu shot and avoiding people with flu are the only precautions against it, Goswick said. People’s resistance to viruses varies, making it impossible to tell if he or she will contract flu. Goswick said there is also no way to tell how many students contract flu each year since many do not come to the health center. r£*S gj )|NI* ce Proposition Will Make Banking Easi forYou. Already, legislation in forty-four states enables banks to provide electronic bank services, giving their customers an optional method of banking that saves time and money. It’s time Texans took action to put banking services everywhere we need them. When we need them. And the following members of our community agree. They’re actively supporting Proposition No. 6. C. J. Allen Paul Nealis Wally Anderson Joe McNeill Don B. Austin Carvy Nevill Delvin R. Barrett Waldon H. Orr Larry M. Beal, Jr. David Pate R. I. Bernath Victor E. Paulos Howard W. Cargill Richard C. Perkins Lynn Colson Bookman Peters C. N. Crone Edwin F. Pilger A. W. Davis Bill Schulman Wayne E. Etter Charles L. Shrimpton Milton Franklin David R. Simmons Kathyrn Grace Robert Spearman Joe G. Hanover Stanley Sommers Robert Harville Uel R. Stockard Louis Hodges Robert H. Strawser Mackin L. Jones Charles Tanner George W. Kattawar Victor H. Treat Johnny S. Lampo Jerry Windham Ernie Metzer Carol D. Ziegler Leonard Morehead Help Make Banking Easier for You Vote To Proposition No. 6 On November 8th. "Political advertisement paid for by Texans for Proposition Six, T.L Passmore, P.0. Box 1451, Austin, Texas 78767, Treasurer." "o-—*3715.:^"^ J^ T'.SVSV'n i, 1 BUY, SELL, RENT . . . Battalion Classified Pulls