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Vaccine delayed again Hilary Paige Smith The Brunswickan Students, faculty and staff on campus may have to wait until the first weekend of December for the H1N1 vaccine, said Shirley Cleave, Associate Vice President Academic and leader of the H1N1 Response Team on campus. Clinics have been happening throughout New Brunswick in October and earlier this month, but only for those in high-priority groups. These groups include health care workers, children, the elderly and people with chronic illness. Cleave said the Department of Public Health has not designated students as a high-risk group for immunization because there are other groups at higher risk for complications from the virus. “I think Public Health has to identify those that are most at risk and although we’d like to have our students and faculty protected as soon as possible, I think we have to be responsible for the larger community. There are other folks that are more at risk than our student population,” she said. Last Friday, UNB announced their first laboratory confirmed case of the virus. The virus has been present on campus, but students have not been tested unless they have an underlying medical condition and are therefore at higher risk. A student tested positive with the virus on Thursday. The university has not been keeping track of H1N1 cases on campus, rather tracking the population of classrooms on a daily basis to see how classes have been affected by the spread of the virus. Cleave said that because no exact attendance is taken it is difficult to see how the virus has impacted class size. “Attendance seems to be fairly consistent throughout the term, but we don’t have records comparing it to last year. So far there haven’t been substantial absences or differences in absenteeism in our sentinel classes,” Cleave said. Cleave is adamant that students should get the vaccine when it is offered to them to avoid contracting and spreading H1N1. “I certainly hope that students take advantage of the opportunity to get vaccinated,” she said. “I’m sure there are some students that aren’t taking it as seriously as they perhaps should, but we don’t want students to panic either. Most people won’t be very sick, but the more people who are vaccinated the less spread there will be.” Cleave’s words of advice to students who feel they are ‘invincible’ to the virus is that the vaccine will help to protect them and prevent the spread of the virus. The Associate Vice President Academic said that it is unlikely that classes will be cancelled due to the virus.
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Veterans take part in a Veterans’ Week ceremony Sunday Nov. 8.The Remembrance Day ceremony begins at 10:15 a.m. at the Provincial Cenotaph, located at the intersection of King and Queen near Christ Church Cathedral. Andrew Meade / The Brunswickan Lee Larrett The Brunswickan On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, Canadians pause for a moment of silence to remember our fallen soldiers and the sacrifices our troops have made to make our Canada strong and free. This November 11, a service will be held at the Provincial Cenotaph at the apex of Queen and King Streets beginning at 10:15 a.m. A parade will begin in the Campbell Close parking lot at 10 a.m. and will move along Queen St. to the Cenotaph for the ceremony. Following the service the processions will continue up Queen St. to Officer’s Square and will finish in front of the Carleton Street Armouries. This service is held with members of the Royal Canadian Legion, Fredericton Branch #4. JeanGuy Perreault, President of Branch #4, said the Legion “keeps up the work to remember the new
generation and the past generation, we try to keep the torch going.” Perreault said the Governor General, Premier of New Brunswick Shawn Graham, MP for Fredericton Keith Ashfeild, Mayor Brad Woodside, would all be in attendance at the Remembrance Day ceremony, as well as others from Parliament. Some Canadian Forces members from CFB Gagetown will attend the Fredericton ceremony and The Chaplin for RCR, Capt Claude Lussier will lead a prayer. Perreault said that it’s important to work with CFB Gagetown because “we’re all here for one thing, we’re all here for the veteran, they’re here for the vet and also for serving Canada. In doing that we’re serving Canada.” Perreault expected that a lot of community members will be present on Wednesday’s ceremony. Perreault said that even in bad weather there are always large crowds in front of the cenotaph and out in the street, “we have a lot of
support,” he said. The Legion distributes poppies leading up to Remembrance Day and Perreault said that, “we try to get everybody to wear the poppy.” He said that close to 10,000 poppies have been distributed in Fredericton. “There’s not too many people that don’t wear a poppy,” Perreault said. “They are really supportive.” Legion Branch #4 erected a monument this October to remember the soldiers who have died in Afghanistan. Perreault said, “it’s a good idea to don’t forget them because they are in war, there’s life lost.” Perreault cautioned that, “we’re on our third war now, but we cannot forget our past, that was two tough wars and we lost so many.” With Remembrance Day Perreault said that, “we try to give to the vets what they gave to us. That’s the most important thing. For the young people to remember, don’t forget what the veterans did.”
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