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67 Air Force cadets stricken with swine flu
denverpost ^
| 07/13/2009
Posted on 07/14/2009 5:59:52 PM PDT by JoeProBono
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The number of cadets with confirmed cases of the swine flu at the Air Force Academy has increased to 67. The academy said Monday that a total of 121 incoming freshmen with flu-like symptoms are being kept in dorms, away from other cadets.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: airforce; cadets; coloradosprings; flu; h1n1; influenza; outbreak; swineflu; usafa
To: JoeProBono; LucyT; DvdMom
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posted on
07/14/2009 6:01:24 PM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
( Earnhardt ranks eighth in the driver rating category in the last four races at Chicagoland)
To: JoeProBono
Trying to get out of PT now, are we?
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posted on
07/14/2009 6:01:59 PM PDT
by
Rodebrecht
(What are you and who do you want?)
To: Rodebrecht
Not PT specifically. BCT (basic cadet training) generally. If they miss too many days, they will have to withdraw from the Academy and start all over again next summer.
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posted on
07/14/2009 6:04:42 PM PDT
by
behzinlea
To: behzinlea
If they miss too many days, they will have to withdraw from the Academy and start all over again next summer. With that many sick they will probably rejigger the schedule rather than delay over a hundred cadets to next year.
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posted on
07/14/2009 6:07:22 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
To: Rodebrecht
they were probably given the vaccine and came down with the disease.
To: Smokin' Joe
67 Air Force cadets stricken with swine flu ... Ping
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posted on
07/14/2009 7:05:23 PM PDT
by
DvdMom
To: JoeProBono
For all the excuses I heard to try and get out of “boot camp” for a couple days...lol.
To: KarlInOhio
Let’s hope so. That’s about a tenth of the incoming class quarantined so far.
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posted on
07/14/2009 7:55:14 PM PDT
by
behzinlea
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/15/2009 9:06:54 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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