Beaver Island Medical Center announces 1987–88 influenza vaccination availability

Event

Date: 1987-10
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarepublic-servicecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1987 Beaver Beacon published a Medical Center notice about the 1987–88 influenza vaccine, including availability, cost, risk groups, and the recommended timing before December 1.

Evidence limits

This record preserves a historical 1987 public-health notice; it is not current medical or vaccination guidance.

Sources

“Attention Islanders!,” Beaver Beacon, October 1987.
Reports influenza vaccine availability at the Beaver Island Medical Center, the eight-dollar cost, recommended risk groups, egg-allergy contraindication, and a recommendation to receive it before December 1 for anticipated January or February 1988 influenza. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page combined August–September and October–November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the public-health notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center announces 1987–88 influenza vaccination availability”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-flu-vaccine-notice-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Attention Islanders!,” Beaver Beacon, October 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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