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67 Air Force cadets stricken with swine flu
denverpost ^ | 07/13/2009

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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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: airforce; cadets; coloradosprings; flu; h1n1; influenza; outbreak; swineflu; usafa

1 posted on 07/14/2009 5:59:52 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono; LucyT; DvdMom

bump/ping


2 posted on 07/14/2009 6:01:24 PM PDT by WestCoastGal ( Earnhardt ranks eighth in the driver rating category in the last four races at Chicagoland)
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To: JoeProBono

Trying to get out of PT now, are we?


3 posted on 07/14/2009 6:01:59 PM PDT by Rodebrecht (What are you and who do you want?)
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To: Rodebrecht

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.


4 posted on 07/14/2009 6:04:42 PM PDT by behzinlea
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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.

5 posted on 07/14/2009 6:07:22 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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To: Rodebrecht

they were probably given the vaccine and came down with the disease.


6 posted on 07/14/2009 6:59:38 PM PDT by television is just wrong (one bad ass mistake America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Smokin' Joe

67 Air Force cadets stricken with swine flu ... Ping


7 posted on 07/14/2009 7:05:23 PM PDT by DvdMom
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To: JoeProBono

For all the excuses I heard to try and get out of “boot camp” for a couple days...lol.


8 posted on 07/14/2009 7:15:11 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: KarlInOhio

Let’s hope so. That’s about a tenth of the incoming class quarantined so far.


9 posted on 07/14/2009 7:55:14 PM PDT by behzinlea
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To: JoeProBono

Prayers for the sick...


10 posted on 07/14/2009 8:16:32 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...

Ping


11 posted on 07/15/2009 9:06:54 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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