Swine Flu

[alum]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

W&L now has 7 confirmed cases of swine flu. This less than 24 hours after they told us they're just treating it like a regular flu season. There are news vans everywhere, and they're not even canceling classes.

There are only 11 cases in the entire Commonwealth of VA and 7 are at W&L, a LAC that only has 1800 undergraduates.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by alum

There are only 11 cases in the entire Commonwealth of VA and 7 are at W&L, a LAC that only has 1800 undergraduates.

No one in Richmond is wearing the mask or anything.

[alum]

According to VDH, it's now 9 cases at W&L and 14 total in VA. NoVA has its first case.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

No one in Richmond is wearing the mask or anything.

Why should they? I live in walking distance from the HS here in Queens that had a bunch of kids get sick at the beginning. No one I see on the subways have had masks on. My friends who work in public health have said that there's no reason for someone with a pretty decent immune system, or without a history of chronic respiratory illnesses, to get het up about this. Even the doctors I know are pretty chill right now.