Posted on 09/07/2009 12:07:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
SEATTLE — At least 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus, university and local health officials said, in what appeared to be one of the largest outbreaks of the virus on a college campus.
“It’s real,” Sally Redman, a registered nurse who works in student health services at Washington State, said Saturday. “We’ve had a constant stream of people.”
So far, the cases at the university have been relatively mild, although at least two people in the area who are not students were hospitalized. The university, based in Pullman, in eastern Washington near the Idaho border, has about 19,000 students at its main campus.
Ms. Redman said the outbreak appeared about Aug. 21, during fraternity and sorority rush but before classes started. After that, she said, “it was rampant.”
As many as 200 students a day have visited or called student health services, reporting sore throats, fevers as high as 104 degrees, muscle aches and coughs.
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LOL!
New Health Care Mandate at Washington State:
Obama says, “Shared bongs= shared germs. Get you own bong!”
I noticed she insists “It’s real.”
I’m skeptical.
But to whatever extent we face a threat from any medical problem, that’s more reason not to have government control of health care.
Let me be clear: if a bunch of people do get really sick, government control of their treatment will be a death sentence.
I was skeptical of your claim that everyone will die from swine flu if there is government health care, but then I remembered that you were clear, so it must be true.
So you go from skeptic to believer in a split second, based on practically nothing?
I suggest you stay away from the internet.
But before you do, note my point is that government run health care will result in a huge increase in mortality rates across the entire spectrum of illnesses—not that “everyone will die from swine flu.”
Ping!
Oh I think you have every reason to be cynical with the Dems in charge. But I do think people should take this flu seriously. While it’s clear the vast majority will experience generic flu symptoms, a small percentage will die from it. And since millions will likely get it, that means thousands will likely die from it.
But we must all remember the potential for mutation. It could mutate to a less deadly, or more deadly, form at some point. As I have said all along, only time will tell the story on this strain.
Beer pong is probably to blame for the high rate of infection during rush week(or any week at some colleges).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_pong
"low grade fever, upper respiratory distress, aches, pains chills, sore throat, tender lymph glands."-
except for the swollen lymph glands, sound awfully familiar to someone who started fall term three years.
Thw swine flu is the next crisis...
“No wonder they are feeling sick...Has anyone ever BEEN to Pullman? Yikes!
Go Huskies!
Regards,”
Well, eastern Washington State including Pullman and WSU are populated mostly with republican conservatives as opposed to the thin western coastal strip which includes Seattle that is mostly populated with Democrap, so I say Bone the Dawgs and Go Cougs! :)
I found this today in the local paper:
PULLMAN - A swine flu outbreak at Washington State University that is suspected of sickening at least 2,200 students may be tapering off, a campus health official said Monday.
Dr. Dennis Garcia said 40 to 50 students a day have contacted the health service at the campus in Pullman this weekend to report flu symptoms. That’s down from roughly 150 a day last week.
Garcia notes many students have gone home for the Labor Day weekend, but there are still signs the outbreak may have peaked.
“It’s hard to say exactly what’s going on, but it seems like things are slowing down a little bit,” said Garcia, senior associate director of Health and Wellness Services at WSU.
Colleges across the country have been seeing spikes in the number of suspected cases of swine flu as dorms fill up and classes begin for the fall semester, putting students in close proximity that makes it easier for the virus to spread.
About 2,200 students at WSU have contacted the health service so far, and Garcia estimated 1,000 more may have gotten sick. None of the students required hospitalization.
Based on estimates from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Garcia said about 5,000 students can be expected to come down with the bug. That’s about one-third of the enrollment at the campus.
In accordance with CDC guidelines, the university is no longer testing patients to confirm swine flu infection.
The outbreak at WSU began soon after classes started two weeks ago, and officials at that time thought it might last six to eight weeks. “But if this weekend is any indication, it could be over in another couple of weeks,” Garcia said.
Compared with other types of influenza, the swine flu or H1N1 strain is relatively mild, Garcia said. He said most students suffer three to five days of discomfort, such as fever, congestion, sore throat and fatigue.
WSU is urging people who think they have flu-like symptoms to stay home, rest and get plenty of fluids. Officials also are handing out free flu kits, including a thermometer, painkillers, throat lozenges, sport drinks, hand sanitizer and tissues.
Are there any estimates of the size of the world population during the years of the Renaissance?
“Global Warm” the flu to scare the stuff out of as many fools as possible. Another form of “rope-a-dope”.
weren't we told 20 yrs ago that all of Africa would be gone due to AIDS?.....yes we were....and today....Africa still exists....
Oh my God. They have the flu. Let’s all freak out about it.
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