Freshers’ Flu

From the sound of coughing in the lecture hall to a week of drowsy mornings accompanied with a box of tissues, few of you can failed to have noticed the invasion of the lergi that seems to have taken hold of the University. Now, we know that when it comes to it, only a minority of us can claim to have been undeserved victims of “Freshers’ Flu”. Speaking in a croaky voice one student, Carmen Dudley admitted, “we’ve all be drinking too much, staying up too late and eating rubbish. Also it’s too hot and I’m bloody annoyed.” It seems that for all the partying and not enough attention to work the academic forces of Oxford have taken their revenge. However, in recent years first week bugs have signalled a more ominous development in the incidence of meningitis. With particular prevalence being found amongst first years living in halls of residence the government has launched a mass immunisation scheme directed towards students, the advice being to get vaccinated before starting the term.ARCHIVE: 1st Week MT2003