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Free u vaccinations for veterans at Walgreens
Information provided by Douglas County
Are you a Veteran, enrolled in the VA healthcare system who still has not received your u shot?
The cold and u season is upon us and the Department of Veterans Affairs has once again teamed up with Walgreens Pharmacies nationwide to allow all veterans who are currently enrolled in the VA healthcare system to be able walk into any of the more than 8,000 Walgreens nationally to receive a vaccination at no cost. Vaccinations will be available through March 31, 2018.
Veterans wishing to receive the no cost vaccination simply need to present a veterans identi cation card and a photo ID, at any participating Walgreens to receive the vaccination. The Group ID is: VAFLU
In addition, after the Walgreens pharmacist administers the vaccine, Walgreens will transmit the information securely to Veterans Administration of ce where it becomes part of the patient’s electronic medical record.
To locate a Walgreens store near you, call 800-WALGREENs (800-925-4733), or go to www.Walgreens.com/ ndastore. To get more information on u and u vaccines, visit www.publichealth.va.gov/ u or www.cdc.gov/ u.
How to use
CRAAP to spot
“fake news”
By Michelle Post; graphic by Libraryguides.mdc.edu
With so much talk about “fake news” I thought
it would be appropriate to write about a resource evaluation method, CRAAP, which stands for Currency (timeliness), Relevance (importance), Authority (source), Accuracy (reliability) and Purpose (reason). The method helps learners sort out relevant information from the sea of data on the internet. However, this method is not just for young learners but can also be used by learners of all ages.
Why is the CRAAP method important?
A USA Today article stated, “Students might
be savvy about what type of image to post
to Instagram versus Snapchat, but librarians
in Chittenden County said that doesn't mean they can discern fake from real.” In its fth year of reporting on how much data is created every minute of every day, the company Domo reports, “90 percent of all data was created in the last two years – that’s 2.5 quintillion bytes of data per day.” To understand how much data 2.5 quintillion is, visit www.bit.ly/Domo_5. Therefore, using the CRAAP method enables a learner to become a stronger critical thinker and enhances his or her ability to discern real news from fake news.
How can the CRAAP method be used?
With so much data being produced, it is critical for today’s learner to know how to use CRAAP to smell out fake news. By asking the questions from the CRAAP table above, a learner develops his or her ability to critically think about what they are reading. The more questions a learner asks when reading and researching, the stronger a learner they become. The CRAAP method can be used not only in schools but also at work and home.
Additional Resources for Learning and Using the CRAAP Method:
• Video: School librarians teach CRAAP to
ght fake news – www.usat.ly/2xzJhZh
• Image of CRAAP Acronym Explained –
www.bit.ly/2hCCqs2
• CRAAP Test Worksheet – www.bit.ly/
CRAAP_Test
• Data Never Sleeps - www.domo.com/learn/
data-never-sleeps-5
• Internet Live Stats - www.internetlivestats.
com/