Posted on 09/07/2009 8:01:33 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University officials say more than 2,000 students have been sickened by swine flu during the first two weeks of classes on the Pullman campus.
But Saturday's football game between Stanford and Washington State will go on as scheduled.
School officials say there have been no deaths and no students have required hospitalization.
Dr. Dennis Garcia says most students suffer three to five days of discomfort. The school is handing out free flu kits including a thermometer, painkillers, throat lozenges, sport drinks, hand sanitizer and tissues.
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OMG! From what I’ve heard about this flu from the news, hundreds must be dead by now!
It’s hype.
This wouldn’t be hyped by the gummit would it?
Pray for the Tea Parties
LOL! Right — I can’t imagine why they haven’t closed the school, if not the whole state! ;-)
hmmm handing out painkillers....
That’s when the other 1986 people came down with the flu?
Must be true. Stanford whipped them.
No one dead - and no one required hospitalization. So who came up with the 2000 figure?????
keep in mind that swine flu and hangovers have a lot of the same symptoms. might be why all these colleges are throwing these numbers around.
pffft.....
WSU milking medicaid or whatever taxpayer funded program pays for these “visits”.....nonetheless, read the article again carefully, then read the WSU blog just as carefully and thoughtfully:
https://hws.wsu.edu/blog/default.asp
the minuscule number of “visits” to “providers” (per the WSU blog).....
before this week is out, most schools will be following suit.....gotta LOVE those poor sucker taxpayers, though :)
Sounds like reality is not matching up with expectations. Of course, that describes the Obama administration from day one.
That’s what I think too. ALL OF A SUDDEN we have everyone getting sick? I don’t buy it either. It’s probably just plain flu. Wash your hands, cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze, toss kleenexes down the commode when through, keep hands, fingers off face and out of mouth, eyes and noses. Wash hands, wash hands, wash hands.
they probably got it the same place they got the uninsured number.
I wonder how many of these students took the shot? That is certainly not Conservative territory out there and a lot of them are O-bots. (I have a niece in school there, she is one of the blissfully ignorant)
Where’s the pig flu czar?
Do you think this is true? Any local coverage??
And the truth is, if it’s a college campus, and the student is sick, they are more than likely still attending class. Most college kids I know will go to class sick, because it’s only a few hours, then they can go back to their dorm or apartment. So it’s not like anyone’s being quarantined.
Do you think this is true? Any local coverage??
LOL! Isn’t that the truth!
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