<p>Just heard that the 1st case of Swine Flu has come to IN. He/She is a current student @ ND.</p>
<p>Channelswimmer, please advise how you found out about this. Email, Observer,etc. What dorm is this person in?</p>
<p>ND has it posted on their News and Information site. Plus it is in the on-line version of the South Bend Tribune and Indianapolis Star. No information on the person who had it, except that they have fully recovered.</p>
<p>Heard it on the (Chicago) radio today - it has also been posted on ND’s own website.</p>
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<p>TY for this update. I checked the Observer earlier in the day for any Swine Flu news, and didn’t see anything. Apprecialte knowing this, as a concerned ND parent.</p>
<p>Please tell everyone to use Alcohol based hand sanitizer…</p>
<p>It was sent out in an e-mail to all of the students this afternoon. Classes and exams are continuing as scheduled.</p>
<p>FROM THE OBSERVER
BREAKING: Swine flu case confirmed at ND
Student has recovered fully from confirmed case
Observer Staff Report
Issue date: 4/28/09 Section: News
PrintEmail Article Tools Page 1 of 1 University officials confirmed shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday that a Notre Dame student contracted the swine flu.</p>
<p>The case was confirmed Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The student has fully recovered and is in good health after suffering flu symptoms and becoming ill last week, according to a University press release.</p>
<p>A media event is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday.</p>
<p>According to the release: "The student sought treatment April 22 at the University’s student health center in Saint Liam Hall. As a part of the center’s standard protocol, a culture sample was taken from the student and sent to the Indiana State Department of Health in Indianapolis for analysis.</p>
<p>“The University was informed on April 24 that the sample was atypical for Influenza A, which could indicate that it was swine flu. The culture was then sent to the CDC in Atlanta for confirmation.”</p>
<p>The release said the University and CDC were in constant contact until the confirmation today.</p>
<p>The release also stated: “Students who experience flu symptoms such as sudden onset of fever above 100 degrees, cough or sore throat should come to University Health Services for evaluation. Faculty and staff should consult their personal physicians.”</p>
<p>shermjustin- when this flu hit at the Prep school in Queens, it spread within hours. Fever, dizzy, vomiting students. Heads Up----I hope the school is being VERY PROACTIVE NOW</p>
<p>GosD texted that she received notice from school of swine flu with a student …and just called to say that TV crews are now on campus. Told her to wave at me on TV…and go wash her hands! With finals next week, guessing/hoping everyone will be hunkering down and studying…</p>
<p>Yes, just talked to son, who is working on project due tomorrow, so he didn’t take my concerns too seriously.
Does anyone know what dorm the infected student lived in?
Are other kids showing symptoms? </p>
<p>Gosmom- imagine those sleep deprived kids with depressed immune systems getting sick …ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh</p>
<p>On another note – there is currently a plane with a picture of a 10 week old aborted baby flying around campus. This has not been the best day for ND.</p>
<p>[Swine</a> flu confirmed at Notre Dame; student has recovered // News // Office of News and Information // University of Notre Dame](<a href=“http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/11638]Swine”>http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/11638) is another website that might give you some info. </p>
<p>it appears that the health center is identifying anyone he/she came in contact with over the past several days.</p>
<p>^^^^any news which dorm ?</p>
<p>no, not yet, i don’t think they will release it until they alert all of the people that the person who had it would have come in contact with. they will probably alert that dorm tonight or tomorrow.</p>
<p>SUPPOSEDLY…a mens dorm in north quad…but with such a close, confined campus, not sure it really matters which dorm…I suspect ill student went to class, dining halls, etc., so contact with virus could happen in many locations…
Appears ND taking very seriously and keeping students informed…</p>
<p>^^^I just hope the dormmates were contacted ASAP, to be on extra alert to symptoms.
The benefit of Tamiflu is when it is taken within hours of onset. Very important for students to seek medical attention as soon as symptoms appear.</p>
<p>Ok, I just read the Observer article ,and am NOT happy that they HAVE NOT notified the dormmates. This is completely irresponsible. (FYI-my S lives off campus, but if he was in a dorm I would be calling the rector this morning)
I listened to NPR description about how virulent the virus spread through the Queens High School Within hours , by 9:00 AM lines of VERY sick previously healthy teens.
Getting the antiviral medicines EARLY is critical. </p>
<p>And, this is why I am so concerned about ND’s casual approach.
Copied from another thread.
Posted by IDmom
Actually, even though the number of deaths seem few in Mexico, the rate is pretty significant. </p>
<p>Mexico is also reporting ‘serious pneumonia’ which I intepret to possibly mean viral pneumonia. I’ve read more than I want to know about ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome)… and the significance of the occurrence of viral pneumonia that results from the influenza virus actually entering the lungs rather than the normal bacterial pneumonia that crops up as a secondary bacterial infection to the influenza virus which has not entered the lungs. As I understand it, ARDS is essentially a ‘burning’ of the lungs which occurs from viral pneumonia and which is like that experienced by serious smoke inhalation victims or drowning victims. It has a high mortality rate. It also explains the death rate from influenza among healthy young adults. The ‘burning’ is a result of a huge immune system response by the body to the virus in the lungs. The body wages war on the virus IN the lungs which causes the damage. The age group with the strongest response mechanism is young adults…and the stronger the response, the more devastating the damage. </p>
<p>It seems we do not have the more severe viral pneumonia/ARDS here in the States…but I would like to know what is occurring in Mexico. (Btw…the virus seems to have jumped species in Vera Cruz on the Gulf Coast…there is word that a census taker may have also contributed to the spread there.)</p>
<p>The reason I am concerned is because these viruses go through ‘passage’ where they become either more or less virulent. As I mentioned in a previous post, the 1918 Pandemic had three waves…the first being very mild and the 2nd which occurred months later, very lethal. I would hope that we could come up with some sort of vaccine between waves.</p>
<p>University of Delaware reports suspected infection. They are having news conference at 11 about it.</p>
<p>8:38 p.m., April 28, 2009----Four University of Delaware students have been identified with cases of influenza that meet probable definitions for swine flu, Dr. Paul Silverman, Associate Deputy Director for Health Information & Science of the Division of Public Health announced Tuesday evening.</p>
<p>The State Division of Public Health is submitting samples from these four cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine if they are cases of swine flu.</p>
<p>Please take it down a notch.</p>
<p>Every campus deals with sick kids at the end of every semester because of cramming, close quarters, etc…</p>
<p>Healthy young adults really aren’t at risk for anything more than getting sick for a few days which happens every semester during exams.</p>