<p>Just saw on the news that Wake Forest had reported a number of confirmed H1N1 cases. What's happening on other campuses?</p>
<p>Not my D’s school, but a case was confirmed at Butler U in Indianapolis late last week. A second possible case there was also reported at the same time. I believe the student(s) was/were being isolated.</p>
<p>Well, DD appears to have come down with it. I ran her list of symptoms pass the WebMD site list and sent her off to her voice doctor. She is susceptible to voice compilations with any respiratory illness. He treated her for flu but did not diagnose H1N1. They are not pursuing that diagnosis right now, they are presuming it is at this time of year I believe. So far it is not as bad as the regular flu she had a couple of years ago. It knocked her out 1 day, recovering the next. May return to class on the 3rd. </p>
<p>Her school has a web site and is asking all to stay away from class until 24 hrs after fever. They have installed new hand sanitizer stations and they say they are paying particular attention to continuous cleaning of surfaces. Not sure there is really a lot to do. It seems to be popping up on the campuses as all travel to return to class. I had suggested that she carry her own wipes and wipe desks, other surfaces she used and keep the sanitizer on her using it regularly. Either she did not have time to do so or it did not matter.</p>
<p>CMU is taking it quite seriously with a special walk in clinic - there are over two dozen cases as of a couple of days ago. </p>
<p>[H1N1</a> (Swine Flu) Information and Updates - Student Health Services - Carnegie Mellon University](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/HealthServices/announcements/2009/swine-flu.html]H1N1”>http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/HealthServices/announcements/2009/swine-flu.html)</p>
<p>After her graveyard shift at the front desk of a 1st yr dorm at CMU, D2 was not feeling well. She had noticed that some 1st yrs left the building late at night with surgical type masks. She surrendered to Health Svcs later in the afternoon and, after being quarantined for about 36 hrs, she was released w/no fever for the requisite # of hrs. Luckily, she did not have H1N1 but another type of flu. Of the 25 students in the facility at that time, 23 were 1st yrs! 
But CMU seems to have things under control with plenty of nurses.</p>
<p>Got an e-mail from D’s school. The school has been regularly posting health alerts and H1N1 information on their website [Health</a> Alert](<a href=“http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/healthalert.html]Health”>http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/healthalert.html)</p>
<p>The day after returning home from the launch, I logged onto the college website and was met with the headline “College Continues to Monitor H1N1 Flu Pandemic.” Super!</p>
<p>There’s one confirmed case on campus; they don’t say if it’s student, faculty or staff. There are no plans to cancel classes, programs or events. People are urged to stay home if they feel the flu coming on (although at a residential college I’m not sure that will go very far toward containment). Students will be notified when the vaccine becomes available.</p>
<p>DD’s school just sent a notification out yesterday about it. No cases reported, but they are being proactive and working with health officials to contain any outbreak. They listed precautions to take, and what students should do if they suspect they have contracted it.</p>
<p>They also plan to offer the vaccination through the health center as soon as it becomes available.</p>
<p>I’ve talked to DD about what she should do, and told her I recommended she get the vaccine when it comes out.</p>
<p>It’s just the flu-it’s everywhere</p>
<p>Son just reported from Vanderbilt that 10 of the 12 kids on his dorm wing have the flu. They’ve only been back about two weeks, with health warnings the whole time! Looks like there’s not much the school can do.</p>
<p>My son just called me to tell me that someone he knows was diagnosed with H1N1 this evening. He said that the college sent her home. I’m assuming that means that the parents have to come to pick her up. He’s a bit nervous because he definitely does not want to get the flu this early in the school year.</p>
<p>They have a table with masks set up at the door at the health center at Umich and you are instructed to put it on immediately if you have flu symptoms, I saw a few people with them. I am sick myself but no fever so I haven’t gone to the health center. If I had a fever I would be under instruction to self-quarantine in my room until the fever has been gone for 24 hours, they will arrange for food to be sent to my room and everything and have asked professors to be lenient in illness related absences. I just hope I am well for the first day of class on Tuesday so I don’t lose my seat. (And then there’s that football game on Saturday…) I am glad they aren’t sending people home, that would be so stressful!</p>
<p>I’m from high school, but I just had the H1N1 flu (Had it on tuesday, wednesday-in and out quick, thank god) </p>
<p>Our school has a 10% absence rate
[H1N1</a> In Metro Schools](<a href=“http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/55446882.html]H1N1”>http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/55446882.html)</p>
<p>but I don’t think they’re going to do anything more than telling us to cover our mouths when we cough or sneeze, and to wash our hands.</p>
<p>Just found out yesterday from the Dean of Academic Support that the head of our Registrar dept. has H1N1 and it is a confirmed case. As of right now they are not sending out any mass emails to the students just support staff. We were told we need to spray disinfectant every few hours on the desks. door handles, basically anything that students touch. We are to do this when they are not in the room.</p>
<p>Last week we had 3 people from the office out sick with something at the same time. No idea what they had. </p>
<p>We have other confirmed cases in surrounding areas.</p>
<p>Students at S2’s school received an email this week telling them not to come to class if they developed the least symptom of the flu. If their classes have strict attendance policies, they are to email the professor immediately. Professors were advised to stay at home at the first sign of flu also and to post announcements/assigments to students on the school’s Blackboard site.</p>
<p>Are they doing blood tests or something to see if it is the H1N1 on campuses or are they just assuming it is? If a test is done, can they tell you right away?</p>
<p>Son is a freshman at Wake Forest and is one of the 100+ kids with swine flu. For the first batch of kids last week - they did the test and sent it out to lab - all came back positive for swine flu. Since then, anyone who presents at Health Services with the same set of symptoms is assumed to have it - they are not continuing to test.</p>
<p>Basic progression is sore throat/cough days 1 and 2; days 3 and 4 are really bad - fever, chills, extreme fatigue, upset stomach. Today is day 5 for my son and he is feeling much better. This pretty much matches what my doctor told us to expect and what I saw in an interview of several Emory students with swine flu on CBS.</p>
<p>Wake Forest is not giving students tamiflu unless they have an underlying health issue. Just Tylenol, Sudafed, throat lozenges, etc. Unlike Emory, they do not have an empty dorm available to house the sick kids - so my son has stayed in his dorm room and his roommate has temporarily relocated. They are having healthy kids bring food to the sick ones, which has worked just fine. They were told to e-mail their professors - no big issue with missing classes - everyone understands it is so important for sick kids to stay in their rooms and not further the spread.</p>
<p>Spoke with a rep at Wake Forest this morning - they feel the situation has stabilized - number of new cases is declining.</p>
<p>The real question is will your child be able to get the H1N1 vaccine come October when it is supposed to me made available. My daughter’s school said the town in which the school is located will be a distribution site for the vaccine. Public agencies will be distributing it.</p>
<p>Umich is having a vac clinic when they get the vaccine in for students. No idea how that’s working yet, I hope we will be able to make appointments so I don’t have to miss class standing in line all day.</p>
<p>Coming Soon to a School Near (or Dear) to You:</p>
<p>[Local</a> News | Some 2,000 reported sick with swine flu at WSU | Seattle Times Newspaper](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009807339_webswineflu04.html]Local”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009807339_webswineflu04.html)</p>
<p>This is so highly contagious it is unstoppable, at least until the flu shot is available.</p>