Eleven swine flu cases reported so far, more expected
Posted September 16, 2009 at 2:02 am
Updated September 16, 2009 at 7:49 am
The number of suspected swine flu cases on campus jumped to 11 over the weekend.
These numbers are still relatively low, and they are only expected to increase in the coming weeks, according to Alan Glass, director of Student Health Services.
“It is still anticipated that these numbers will increase in the next days and weeks,” Glass wrote in an e-mail to Student Life.
(Illustration by Zoe Scharf | Student Life)
All students are moderately ill and expected to make a full recovery.
Tests completed at Student Health Services (SHS) concluded that the students have influenza A. Almost all of the influenza A virus currently circulating is thought to be novel H1N1 influenza, the virus that causes swine flu.
The virus has hit college campuses around the country exceptionally hard. Last week, a junior at Cornell University died from the swine flu, making him the third college student in the nation to die from complications related to swine flu. Cornell has seen 555 swine flu cases this semester, Claudia Wheatly, a Cornell University spokeswoman, confirmed to ABC News.
Emory University has set aside a dorm on its campus for infected students. Emory has had more than 200 suspected swine flu cases since the start of the semester, according to the school’s Web site.
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On September 17, 2009 at 5:43 pm studenthealth skeptic said
Who exactly “thinks” the influenza A virus is the H1N1 type? Isn’t this irresponsible on the part of Student Health to “conclude” that the students have the flu and assume that it’s the swine flu without the extensive testing? Is it proper for the StudLife Editor-in-Chief to sensationalize the news and report about “suspected swine flu cases”?
Student Health isn’t certain if the flu virus going around is the common flu or the swine flu? How much is health insurance now?