Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Swi Answers On Sv For many years now, emploj each fall - and urged to take - th< the miseries and complication i Immunization Program. These i month. The vaccine, administer* to the employee. This year, in emphasis is being placed on the i Because of the appearance of th most often called swine flu virus attempt to make swine flu vacc wants to take it. In the Compa provide flu vaccine - this year, government guides set up for th have ample time to consider all t can prevent it before the day { presents information from the U reliable medical sources to nur What About Sw One reason that flu continu which cause it change in makeu seem to build an immunity agi About every 10 years or s< "cropping up" of a different vim immune to it - an epidemic oc< Such is the case with swim identified in early 1976 followin Several hundred recruits w i i-J A- - - - owuic nu is repuriea u)Deoi both in the illness of the flu itse other diseases after it has aire Scientists do not know for c general population during the u does, it could result in a worldw death. How Do You G When Will It B< We hope to have the first of There have already been vaccine. Just as soon as we are able I at each plant, these schedules plenty of time to give notice t Each employee should r understanding of the program b time the employee receives the form consenting to receive the1 voluntary. How Many Sho Only one injection is requi Flu vaccine produced today people ever have even the slight swine flu type. The U.S. Health Service exj that has been killed. The varrir the person without causing the t vaccine." In order for any individiu program outlined by the federt fully explaining the vaccine, precautions which should be n ne F/i vine Flu Vaccine fees of Clinton Mills have been offered early ; opportunity to protect themselves against Df "flu" through the Company's Influenza immunizations were completed earlier this k1 by Clinton Mills Industrial Nurses, is free addition to the normal flu shots special leed for everyone to take swine flu vaccine, is new, far more severe kind of flu virus - the federal government has stepped in to ine available at no cost to any person who ny's administration of its own program to swine flu vaccine - it will follow federal is massive, all-out effort. So that you may he facts about swine flu and the vaccine that >f vaccination arrives, "The Clothmaker" .S. Public Health Service and answers from nerous questions. rine Flu? es to plague people is because the viruses ip just often enough that humans can never linst all of them. >, there is a really dramatic change in a sand-since so few people could possibly be mrs. ft fill 'I'hio vunv oaniuv-ltlpA ******* ?3- -4 , ?vf? uwuiv-imc auaui WOO lUai g an outbreak of flu at Fort Dix, N.J. ere infected; one died, reportedly, ne of the most severe strains ever reported If and in the sharply-lowered resistance to ady taken its toll. ertain if this virus will spread through the pcoming flu season this winter. But - if it ide epidemic causing extensive illness and et The Vaccine? e Available? the flu vaccine available in the near future, numerous delays in the production of the jo complete schedules of giving the injections will be posted at the individual facilities in 0 employees. nake sure that he or she has a clear efore he or she goes in for the vaccine. At the vaccine he or she will be required to sign the vaccine. Remember, participation is strictly ts Now? red for immunization. 1 te A Kir?V>1ir ftma or>/l ' to a ingiujr-pui uitu wjpc aim vci/, vci y ICVV est reaction to any of the vaccines - including )lains that "the flu vaccine contains a virus le stimulates the production of antibodies in lu. Thus, no one will get flu from taking the il to receive the swine flu vaccine in the il government, he or she must read a form any possible side effects, and special a ted. Exactly What Is Influenza, usually just called "flu virus. There are two main types of influ type includes various strains. Type A epidemics are generally From time to time, new virus str; of 1957, the Hong Kong of 1968, and When these new strains do appez previous ones, they may cause epidei cviuuo ca^uoui c iu uicin aiiu ncavc them. When a person has flu, or is just c her nose and mouth contain viruses.' each time that person talks, sneezes o noses and mouths of other people a For most people, flu is a mod< "misery" attached, but is not a ser The danger, however, lies in th resistance to other, more serious ill respiratory ailments. Will Employees C Clinton Mills will provide free flu to take it, provided the vaccine is i The vaccine will be administere free, it's quick and convenient, too. The Company's Immunization provisions of the federal government any ever ueiure unaena&en. ine ec sectors to vaccinate just as many c before a significant spread of swim What's In It For If you've read about swine flu in about it on radio and television and t injection when shots are being give taking a chance. Flu of any kind is always a mis< full of aches and pains that the av< The real concern, as we've said s with the after-effects of flu. But - this swine flu is somethinj severe than any type than most of us strain, we're all very vulnerable to il immunity. So we're really just "sitti take that injection of swine flu vac Everybody has got to understar This is not the kind of flu you've tx years. More than likely, you are not imr than any type flu we've known since 1 ball, respond to the opportunity to themselves and others - we stand a epidemic this winter. Clinton Mills is keeping abreas program and will advise you of th \ Flu? i," is a respiratory disease caused by a enza virus - Type A and Type B. Each more frequent and more severe, ains develop - such as the Asian strain now the Swine Flu of 1976. ir anH if thpv nre? nnifo rlifforont frr>m mics because people have not had any not built up any specific immunity to :oming down with it, the fluids in his or rhe viruses are pushed out into the air r coughs. Then, the viruses get into the nd the spreading goes on. irately serious illness with plenty of ious health threat. e fact that flu does lower a person's nesses, such as pneumonia and other Set Vaccine? vaccine to any employee who consents available. d in the plant clinic. So, not only is it Program will be supplemented by - which is coordinating an effort unlike Fort will he in hnth nrivnte anrl nnhlir >f the country's population as possible i flu gets started. You? newspapers and magazines and heard hen aren't the first one in line to get an in at your location - then you may be ;rable sickness. It makes anybody feel jrage person wonders if he'll survive! ? many times before, however, is more I else again. The flu itself is far more have known in the past. Since it's a new t. We haven't had a chance to build any ng ducks" without protection - until we cine. id that this is a whole new ball game, ien taking vaccine against for several nune at all. Swine flu is far more severe 1918. And unless oeoDle reallv set on thp take this vaccine and thereby protect reasonably good chance of a sweeping t of the developments in the swine flu > availability of the vaccine.