Flu season has officially arrived on UF's campus.
With last week's diagnosis of the first on-campus influenza case, the Student Health Care Center is encouraging students to get a vaccination.
"True influenza will knock you out for at least a week," said Jane Cullen, SHCC associate director of nursing.
In hopes of flu prevention, the center is offering reasonably priced flu shots for ,5 to students and ,25 for faculty and staff.
SHCC began with between 5,000 and 8,000 available shots in October and now has between 500 and 800 remaining.
Cullen said that patients with flu symptoms can be prescribed antiviral medications to help lessen the symptoms and shorten the duration of the flu.
"Now is when we are in the midst of the flu season," Cullen said.
Cullen also said the flu spreads quickly through coughing, and that "it is just a matter of time before it spreads."
Shots are given on a walk-in basis on the first floor of the Student Health Care Center every Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
