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04-29-2009, 04:03 PM
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#31 | | Member
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Hawkswim from my understanding.....
the student resumed normal activities for many days, until the CDC confirmed the diagnosis.
And, FYI- people are contagious ONE day before symptoms and SEVEN days with symptoms. Long time......lots of people exposed. Sorry to say this
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04-29-2009, 04:07 PM
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#32 | | Member
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Really neat to read the Veratect Twitter feed.
US officials stated today, that there will be more deaths, two critically ill now in Texas.
So I really don't think this is a case of a "cold" sweeping around the world. It's more than that.
VeratectUS, Utah: Health officials report first probable swine influenza case. #swineflu
1 minute ago from web
VeratectUS, Puerto Rico: Six New Swine Influenza Cases Reported; Cumulative Total Reaches Seven Cases. #swineflu
7 minutes ago from web
VeratectCanada, Ontario: Three additional swine influenza cases in Durham, Peel and York regions; national total reaches 16. #swineflu
8 minutes ago from web
VeratectArgentina: 21 New Possible Swine Influenza Cases Reported in Córdoba; Not Yet Suspected. #swineflu
8 minutes ago from web
VeratectEl Salvador: Two Suspected Swine Influenza Cases Dismissed in Santa Tecla. #swineflu
10 minutes ago from web
VeratectUS, California: Resident identified as probable case of swine influenza while in Nebraska. #swineflu
10 minutes ago from web
VeratectUS, Connecticut: Wethersfield schools closed after an employee exhibits symptoms of swine influenza; recently traveled to Mexico. #swineflu
18 minutes ago from web
VeratectItaly, Lodi: Swine influenza ruled out in one suspected case; three individuals still under investigation. #swineflu
22 minutes ago from web
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04-29-2009, 04:27 PM
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#33 | | Member
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WHO raised to Level 5 ..........................FYI
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04-29-2009, 04:29 PM
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#34 | | Senior Member
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SJCM, I really don't think you need to be so worried. They've sent us all many e-mails. I know I've gotten at least 3 now with information on how to avoid getting sick. I don't know what more they can do at this point- they can't shut the campus down. And yes, getting sick now right before finals would suck, but all the sources say that the risk of complications is very low for healthy young adults. The deaths that have occurred have all been in Mexico, which suffers from sub-par healthcare, with the exception of a 23-month old child who had traveled from Mexico and received treatment in the US. No doubt the baby's age played a huge role. The two critical cases now are another 23-month old and a pregnant woman- again, falling into the CDC's list of groups at high risk. Notre Dame students are generally healthy young adults and we have very easy access to good healthcare. I know you're a mom and can't help worrying a bit, but calm down. You should probably be worrying more about the plane dragging an aborted fetus banner and flying in circles over our campus crashing on South Quad....
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04-29-2009, 04:32 PM
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#35 | | Junior Member
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From someone shooting it down, no doubt.
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04-29-2009, 04:35 PM
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#36 | | Junior Member
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who's up for it? jk, for the record
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04-29-2009, 04:45 PM
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#37 | | Member
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Shellzie- are any students showing up at the Health center with symptoms?
Thank you for trying to reassure a mother watching this very closely. But, unfortunately, your age group may not be quite as protected as you think. It is early in this probable pandemic. Level 5 means imminent pandemic ...........sorry to say this.
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04-29-2009, 05:14 PM
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#38 | | Senior Member
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Lol, my friends and I were discussing that earlier. The area around the dome should be a no fly zone. 
And SJCM- Not that I've heard of. And I know we're not completely protected, but I'm pretty sure the chances of someone my age with access to proper healthcare are pretty slim, just from looking at the numbers.
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04-29-2009, 05:39 PM
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#39 | | Member
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I think, that as parents of current ND students, that the best thing we can do is to stay in pretty close contact w/our students and be vigilant about the hand-washing, and not trying to pull all-nighters at this point (as finals arrive!)-try to maintain healthy lifestyle as much as possible during exam week. The students are aware of the flu outbreak and I am confident that ND is following protocol w/utmost concern. I think we need to just try to keep reminding our students over the next week about the hand-washing, etc. because with finals on them, many are very distracted and also do not see the news, etc. And as I mentioned earlier, perhaps many will be leaving campus as soon as possible when finals are finished.
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04-29-2009, 06:34 PM
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#40 | | Member
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^^^^ very solid good advice notredameAL !!!
Bolstering immune system during stressful final exams great advice.
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04-29-2009, 09:13 PM
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#41 | | Senior Member
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We've all heard what's going on- as I said, they have been e-mailing us a lot. And there are signs up all over the place about hand washing. To which I would add some good college advice to avoid getting sick- avoid beer pong and sharing beverages. Not that we do that here...  | |
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05-01-2009, 01:55 PM
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#42 | | Senior Member
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Not to add to the hysteria, but I just heard from one of my friends who lives in Knott that a guy from his section has swine flu and is in quarantine in St. Liam's. I know he is not the original student who was found to have swine flu, but I also don't know if what he has has been confirmed to be swine flu or not. But university health services seems to be reasonably on top of things.
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05-01-2009, 02:46 PM
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#43 | | Member
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^^ good to hear that they are asking people to leave the dorms, and you feel they are staying on top of things, Shellzie. Such bad timing with finals, tests and projects due.
Not to mention the kids who will be traveling soon, like my son who will be driving alone for the first time from ND to NJ, and the kids who will be boarding airplanes.
Just a bad time.
Where did the original patient live? Knotts?
And, thank you so much for the update.
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05-01-2009, 05:34 PM
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#44 | | Senior Member
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I don't think it was Knott. I have heard several rumors about where the original case occurred- a guys dorm on North Quad, Lewis, and BP (though this may be because we WANT it to be BP for Irony's sake... their mascot is a pig)
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05-01-2009, 09:00 PM
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#45 | | Member
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Just heard that a freshman St Mary's girl who returned from Mexico is now quarantined, too.
Wonder how many kids are in St Liams?
One of the dorms has a Pig as a Mascot ...........ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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