WVU Postpones Football Fan Day Over Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease Outbrea

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[BenLurkin]

The WVU Athletic Department says five cases of hand, foot and mouth disease have been identified within the school’s football program.

Because the disease is highly contagious, the Athletic Department says it is in “the best interest of the general public to postpone the event.”

In July, more than a dozen people were infected with hand, foot and mouth disease at a summer school program for Pittsburgh Public Schools in Mount Oliver.

At least 10 students and six staff members caught the disease. The building was disinfected and the district says it’s confident the building is now safe for students.

[EinNYC]

Quick! Someone call a veterinarian!

[Steely Tom]

Coxsackievirus, named after a town in eastern New York, located next to the Hudson River. Not exactly a bowl of cherries, it's home to two state prisons (Coxsackie and Green), which can be seen as a huge constellation of lights on the east side of I-87 (the Thruway) about 18 miles after you turn south at Albany.

In the summer, you can't see them because of a band of trees, but in the winter, the lights really stand out.

[Nifster]

Nah.....that’s hoof and mouth disease

[dfwgator]

"Think of it men, hoof and mouth disease a thing of the past!"


"Nevermind that s__t....Here comes Mongo!"

[glorgau]

Hmmm, outbreak in Massachusetts. I’ve heard two separate people in my office had their kids out with this.

[rfp1234]

Did Joe Biden visit that town recently? He may have caused the outbreak...

[Tax-chick]

Poor dears. I hope they all recover soon.

[scrabblehack]

OK, I assume they mean 10 WVU students and 6 WVU staff.
It’s great that the school building in Mt. Oliver PA was disinfected, but was the Fan Day supposed to be in Morgantown, WV?

If it’s unsafe for Football Fan Day, what is safe, and when?

Maybe they don’t want diseased alumni from the Pittsburgh area coming to Morgantown? I guess that must be it.

It looks like the first home game is Sep. 8.