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Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:25 p.m.

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More Elis signed up for flu shots this year — but do they work?

Contributing Reporter
Published Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Nathan Hardesty ’12 decided to get his first flu shot at University Health Services last month. Coming to Yale, he realized just how quickly the flu would be able to spread if even one person got the bug.

“We live in a very close environment,” Hardesty said, “so if one person has the flu, it’s probably very easy to pass it to the next guy.”

For Allison Bauer ’12, the decision to get vaccinated was a no-brainer. The ease and convenience of the shot, as well as the professionalism of the YUHS staff, pushed her to sign up, she said.

For the second year running, YUHS...

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