I stopped by the free H1N1 vaccination clinic held at the University of Massachusetts Campus Center today. I was just there to take a photo or two for The Collegian, but I ended up getting pretty interested in the event because of the turnout, and stuck around to talk with some of the people volunteering.
I’d been waffling over whether or not I’d get the vaccine, but I eventually decided I’d go for it. I’m not going to endorse it or anything, though. If you really want to know about it, get off the Internet and find a human doctor.
Anyway, this isn’t a story about the swine flu. It’s just a story about one clinic. As a disclaimer, I still don’t really know what I’m doing with a camera. Criticism is always welcome.
Your photography is good. Do you think there is a huge consensus of students and community people in favor of getting the shot? The fact you said it took an hour for a shot, it seems like a lot of people are getting it.
That’s actually a really good question. I was pretty ambivalent about getting the shot myself. No, I don’t think there’s much of a consensus. And although 4,000-some-odd people received vaccinations that day, it’s worth mentioning that UMass’ undergraduate population alone tops 18,000. Then there’s graduate students, faculty, staff and community members.
I couldn’t give you a reliable estimate of the student/community ratio, because there were a lot of faculty and staff members getting vaccinated, so you can’t judge that based on the age of the people there.
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Your photography is good. Do you think there is a huge consensus of students and community people in favor of getting the shot? The fact you said it took an hour for a shot, it seems like a lot of people are getting it.
What was the student/community ratio?
That’s actually a really good question. I was pretty ambivalent about getting the shot myself. No, I don’t think there’s much of a consensus. And although 4,000-some-odd people received vaccinations that day, it’s worth mentioning that UMass’ undergraduate population alone tops 18,000. Then there’s graduate students, faculty, staff and community members.
I couldn’t give you a reliable estimate of the student/community ratio, because there were a lot of faculty and staff members getting vaccinated, so you can’t judge that based on the age of the people there.
Thanks for the comment!
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