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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Trying to get out of PT now, are we?
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.
With that many sick they will probably rejigger the schedule rather than delay over a hundred cadets to next year.
they were probably given the vaccine and came down with the disease.
67 Air Force cadets stricken with swine flu ... Ping
For all the excuses I heard to try and get out of “boot camp” for a couple days...lol.
Let’s hope so. That’s about a tenth of the incoming class quarantined so far.
Prayers for the sick...
Ping
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