Swine Flu U ?

[marmar]

from CNN:



Swine flu goes to college


(CNN) -- Classes resumed last Thursday at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, and by Monday 47 students had swine flu, a college official said.

Although that's less than two-tenths of 1 percent of the 27,000-member student body, and no one has died or been hospitalized, the school has moved into action.

"The sanitizer's out," said Todd Cohen, director of university relations.

The university sent e-mails to faculty members asking them to create contingency plans so that sick students are not required to go to class, and to commuter students and their parents warning them that the students may have to be isolated if they fall ill.

That same message has gone to students in dormitories. Arrangements are being made to isolate anyone who's sick in their rooms by moving out their roommates and dropping off meals, Cohen said.

None of the school's cases of swine flu -- also called H1N1 -- has proven fatal or resulted in a hospitalization, he said, and none of the reported cases has been confirmed. Public health officials are simply assuming that anyone with flu symptoms has swine flu, because it's the only form of the virus in circulation, he said. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/24/swine.flu.college/

[deaniac21]

1. Every time I read an article like this, I get a craving for pulled

pork BBQ.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Yum!!!!

[deaniac21]

4. There goes the diet. I'm headeed for Corky's.

[lonestarnot]

5. mmmm mmm mmm, Costco has good pulled pork.

[hedgehog]

2. I wish that colleges and universities would be this solicitous

of student health all the time. I'm sure that there ar a lot of students down sick a few days every semester, but this is the first time I've heard of arrangements to make certain they get fed or to isolate the room mates.

[MrsBrady]

8. I'm a 37 year old undergrad finishing my degree this semester.

I commute 40 miles one way.
Many teachers require attendance and do not allow notes from a doctor as an excused absence.
Some teachers even make class attendance as a part of the grade.
I understand that probably at some point students probably were using the school clinic as a means to get out of class.
The attitude for me seems to come across as that if you are really sick for an extended period of time, maybe you should just withdraw for the semester.
Give me a freaking break. There's no way I'm withdrawing. ( and they get to keep the money, too) That's not what is "said". But that is the attitude that professors take.
That's my experience anyway.

This summer in the first semester I was sick as a dog for a week, but I didn't dare miss class.
In fact I didn't miss ONE day of class. Especially as this teacher was an ass, and it's too easy to get behind regardless of the teacher's attitude.
I think most of the class missed at least one day due illness, and whatever was going around we all got it....could have been swine flu for all I know.

People attend class ill all the time. I don't see how they can stop that. I HAVE to be in class, sick or not....
I do carry hand sanitizer with me.
If I could, I would freaking lysol the crap out of any desk before I sit down...but that would make me look weird.
So many people crammed in small spaces together. I know they don't clean every desk every day.

At least I don't have to live in a dorm anymore....my husband is gross enough.

[boobooday]

6. We are getting hand sanitizer

First day of class is tomorrow. I hope the only swine I see this semester is something like that sandwich above!

[Forkboy]

7. The way things are going for me catching Swine Flu would be a plus.