<p>At Emory, Where I Visited A Week Ago, They Have A Residence Building Sectioned Off To Quarantine Students With The Virus. The On-Campus Medical Facilities Are Also Working Overtime And Seeing Patients With Flu Symptoms; Even Without An Appointment. Professors Have Loosened Their Attendance Policies And Have Gone As Far As To Encourage Sickly Students To Stay Home.</p>
<p>One of the boys in the suite next to mine was just diagnosed. They aren’t going to quarantine him, but he does have to wear a surgical mask anytime he is in contact with other students and they are encouraging him to stay home from class until he gets well.</p>
<p>The daughter of one of my friends was in the Emory quarantine dorm. Having access to an empty dorm is something that I suspect all colleges wish they had right about now.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that swine flu can be treated quickly by applying a topical oinkment.</p>
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<p>My DD just got over C diff after contracting it at the Ohio State Fair while there participating in the band. I would have gladly traded C diff for swine flu. She lost 15 lbs in less than 3 weeks due to uncontrollable diarrhea and her kidneys shut down. She spent almost 6 days in the hospital getting IV antibiotics and electrolytes the first week of her senior year. Just finished Vancomyocin and Flagyl on Monday. It was horrible. Now we wait to see if it returns. </p>
<p>These superbugs are scary!</p>
<p>MamaDrama, the “superbugs” seem to make the news every day. I’m really sorry to hear that your D contracted this horrible bug.</p>
<p>It looks like H1N1 epidemic is gaining strenghth on the East Coast. D’s school posted a new health alert - they are gearing up to cohort the infected students instead of moving the healthy roommates out.</p>
<p>The students with HIN1 just need to be cured and isolated in hospital before completed cured. As my experience,it will not take a long time to cure.</p>
<p>I’m beginning to think it is absolutely pointless to try to isolate H1N1… makes more sense for the vulnerable to take their own precautions.</p>
<p>Son’s school just said that people with the flu should go home and not go to classes or work. Son had the flu 1.5 weeks ago. It was very minor with him and took two days to clear. He doesn’t get sick very often and gets over it pretty quickly when he does get sick. Daughter was sick for about 10 days and probably gave it to the rest of us. I think that there’s a cold and flu. I had the flu and then got the cold which results in a powerful headache, aches and pains and a moderate temp. Aspirin did wonders. It was over in a day with lingering upper respiratory signs. The cold is easier to notice in people than the flu and it is everywhere. It’s at work but it isn’t slowing people down.</p>
<p>I was grocery shopping last night and saw symptoms in customers and the checkout people. I think that it’s so widespread, at least in my states, that control is all but impossible now. It seems that both the cold and flu are pretty mild.</p>