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Posted on 09/07/2009 10:50:49 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
Reports of a sudden and huge outbreak of H1N1 swine flu at Washington State University is reported by the college. According to health care personnel at the college, “it’s real”. H1N1 flu is believed to have affected 2000 students at Washington State University.
According to the CDC, H1N1 flu is not as severe as regular flu, but uncertainties remain about the potential for complications. H1N1 flu symptoms include fever, generalized aches and pains, fatigue, and respiratory symptoms including sore throat that can become severe in younger individuals, as seen historically.
The new outbreak at Washington State University is believed to have started August 21, during sorority and fraternity rush week. The sudden outbreak is an indication of how infectious H1N1 flu has become. So far, the cases reported have been mild.
Students with fever are urged to stay out of classes. Treatments for H1N1 is rest, fluids, and take fever reducing medications, as advised by Washington State University student health services. Students with families nearby should consider returning home until fever subsides for twenty-four hours.
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Awww, someone didn’t ‘wash their hands’...And America isn’t going to panic...
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It probably isn't a Masque of the Red Death scenario; they're not exactly dropping dead on the streets although that might help the parking situation a little.
...one more excuse the WH has to force a rushed vaccine on the population..
is it strange to anyone that this seems to pop up at colleges most often?
If it morphs again to something more virulent, it could wreak havoc.
they’ll make one of these viruses sooner or later that will FORCE us to get the shot.
If this isn’t the one, it’s coming.
No. 300 students in a lecture theatre. A cough spreads like crazy.
Every university I’ve been to everyone comes down with something in September, usually just a 2-week cough.
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Nope. Dorms, huge dining halls, and any number of mandatory large gatherings for orientation. Makes sense to me.
Not at all. I worked at Drexel University for 8 years, and every year at this time the flu was rampant as the students returned. Quite routine.
How can they tell that pit of so called education is already full of liberal pukes !
Binge drinking, casual sex, drugs, partying etc etc lowers the immune system.
Crisis on cue
Throw fiat money on it
Reminds me of the MRSA outbreaks here in PA colleges a couple years ago. The kids don't take the hand washing all that seriously - I know, shocker. Need more Germ-X...
I bet their jumping with joy in the WH. YEEESSSS.... we have our crisis.
As the day becomes shorter, we are again reminded that Old Man Winter would soon be with us with some nasty presents. In critical care setting, the impact of swine flu (H1N1) on the volume of acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation would be staggering. H1N1 virus triggers “cytokine storm” a condition where the immune system runs wild causing severe destruction of lung tissues. The rapid accumulation of fluid in the lungs and the eventual destruction of alveoli means that the lungs can no longer fill properly with air. Lungs become stiff and without air entering the lung properly, the amount of oxygen in the blood drops. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is the most serious response to acute lung injury. ARDS is not a specific disease. It is a response to acute injury of the lungs.
Dr Sherif Zaki, chief of infectious disease pathology at he US Centers for Disease Control says that a third of the fatal cases his team has reviewed involved co-infection with a bacterium, though the culprit varies. Among the culprits are Staphylococcus aureus, group A Streptococcus and Streptococcus pneumonia- all can be isolated from oral secretions of a relatively healthy individual.
In critical care setting, one way to prevent the progression of this disease is to follow strict oral care hygiene using chlorhexidine , a potent disinfectant, every 4 hours. This kills much of the bacteria in the mouth that can be potentially hazardous in patients with compromised immune system. Another way is to keep the head of the bed elevated at minimum of 30 degrees at all times to prevent aspiration of infected oral secretions and stomach contents.
Sounds like a normal year. Every year there is a different type of flu. Every year kids get sick. They test some and assume the rest are the same. Treat the symptoms and stay home until you are well. Wash your hands and avoid sick people. It's a non-story unless you have an agenda.
Can’t help but wonder how it could happen so fast to so many. I don’t trust any of these reports.
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