{"id":2774,"date":"2022-10-07T13:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T20:53:31","slug":"october-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/updates\/october-10","title":{"rendered":"Update for Week of October 10, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h4><b>Health Services Update<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The flu is a respiratory illness that is caused by a virus that attacks the nose, throat, and lungs. It is not the same as the \u201cstomach flu.\u201d Symptoms of the flu include fever, dry cough, sore throat, headache, extreme fatigue, and body aches. These symptoms usually start suddenly and will prevent you from going to class and participating in activities for several days. Getting a flu vaccine can help protect you from getting the flu and helps to stop the spread of the virus. Your yearly influenza immunization is one simple step you can do to help create a safer community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us for the <\/span><b>COVID-19 Booster vaccination clinic on campus. <\/b>Registration is due by\u00a0<strong>Monday, October 10 at 12 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Wednesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 13, 2022<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skoglund Gymnasium<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7:30 a.m. &#8211; 3 p.m. CT<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/508094BABAD2DA0F49-flucovid19\"><b>Sign-up for an appointment here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>COVID-19 Updates<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New COVID-19 cases, week of 9\/25\/22-10\/1\/22: 13<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Need more tests? You can order free at home tests from the Minnesota Department of Health: When you enter your address, you will need to put in your room number\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/covid19\/get-tested\/at-home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order Your Free At-Home Rapid Tests \/ COVID-19 Updates and Information &#8211; State of Minnesota (mn.gov)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/covid-19\/health-reporting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19 reporting form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to report symptoms, positive tests, or vaccination\/booster updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/testsites\/index.html#symptoms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When to test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: If you feel ill with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/symptoms-testing\/symptoms.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID like symptoms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, take a COVID test (day 1 &#8211; 24 hours post onset of symptoms). If the test is negative, repeat the test 48 hours later (day 3).\u00a0 If you test negative and are still concerned you may have COVID-19, you may choose to test again 48 hours after the second test (day 5).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/testsites\/index.html#symptoms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exposed to COVID-19<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Start wearing a mask right away and test five full days (day 5) after the last time you were in close contact with a person with COVID-19. Your last day of contact is day zero. If your test is negative on day 5, repeat another test 24 to 48 hours later (on day 6 or 7) and continue to wear a mask for 10 full days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Still have questions about how and when to use a self test? Check out this video from the CDC <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tIDES6xgalo\">When to use a self test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we are heading into the school year, take time to focus on staying healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9097,"featured_media":2696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/files\/2022\/09\/HealthServices_LogoNoText.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}