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/Survey: So... is swine flu affecting you/people you know yet? Lupine Send a noteboard - 27/10/2009 11:29:51 PM
I'm curious because, well, I have it. And am supposed to be in quarantine for a while as a result.

It's interesting though because I live in a university town, where a highly contagious flu is bound to spread like wildfire. Currently the uni clinic has stopped doing lab tests on every person with the symptoms, so numbers are hard to come by, but a month ago the official number was 500. Now I've heard from an unofficial source (spouse of medical person) that we've had 7,000-8,000 cases. That's insane! The campus is big, but still, it's roughly 1 in 6.

At this point I have to question how much sense it makes to keep quarantining people - surely virtually everyone has been exposed at this point? If medically informed people can elucidate this, I'm really curious.

Also, what about walking my pup? Is that okay as long as I don't talk to people?

In any case, it seems our worst fears have been pretty unfounded, because even with those high numbers, no one has died here. (yay!) I think the biggest effect will be an astronomical cost to the university, which is honestly doing its damnedest to avoid catastrophe. I went to the special flu clinic today, and though I had to wait a really long time (two hours), the doctor was super nice, and they gave me free Sudafed, cough syrup, an anti-nausea prescription med, and an inhaler. Sometimes it's great to be a student. No way I could have afforded all that on my own.

Okay, more organized survey-like bit:

1. Have you had swine flu? What was it like for you? (Symptoms, duration.)

2. Do you know anyone who has?

3. Is your local community being affected? What measures are they taking now?

4. Have you ever been quarantined for any reason? What was it? How did you amuse yourself in the meantime?

5. Are you nervous about swine flu, or do you still think it's been overblown?
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/Survey: So... is swine flu affecting you/people you know yet? - 27/10/2009 11:29:51 PM 762 Views
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Good on you for getting vaccinated. - 27/10/2009 11:58:06 PM 476 Views
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That's right, feel guilty! - 28/10/2009 01:14:50 AM 383 Views
I live in Oklahoma - 29/10/2009 01:32:34 AM 473 Views
Get better soon! - 27/10/2009 11:53:27 PM 427 Views
Good plan, I'd say... - 28/10/2009 12:00:45 AM 338 Views
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of course you can walk pippin! - 28/10/2009 01:29:23 AM 408 Views
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Re: /Survey: So... is swine flu affecting you/people you know yet? - 28/10/2009 01:42:05 AM 424 Views
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a few of my students have had it... - 28/10/2009 02:12:51 AM 359 Views
Get well soon! - 28/10/2009 03:13:20 AM 440 Views
I think I've had it. Symptoms seemed to match, anyway. - 28/10/2009 05:31:46 AM 442 Views
Odd. - 28/10/2009 08:27:42 AM 524 Views
I feel I am getting ill this week - 28/10/2009 08:45:33 AM 364 Views
Drink tea, eat oranges. - 28/10/2009 08:54:44 AM 457 Views
Will do - 28/10/2009 09:02:57 AM 443 Views
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Re: Will do - 28/10/2009 09:38:45 AM 403 Views
It's a sinus infection, once again *sigh* *NM* - 29/10/2009 09:16:01 AM 192 Views
Hope it leaves you alone soon! *NM* - 30/10/2009 12:10:46 AM 167 Views
It's not very wide-spread here - 28/10/2009 09:17:20 AM 389 Views
We've had 7 people die from it at my hospital. - 28/10/2009 09:21:45 AM 409 Views
I suspect that working at a hospital gives you a rather biased sample of the populace. *NM* - 29/10/2009 12:16:16 AM 166 Views
i agree *NM* - 29/10/2009 02:13:55 AM 157 Views
Sure is. - 28/10/2009 12:22:30 PM 449 Views
apparently a lot of people had it at my uni - 28/10/2009 01:39:43 PM 458 Views
What do you mean, "you/people"? - 28/10/2009 03:01:35 PM 435 Views
Re: I keep forgetting who you are! Poor Angie. *NM* - 28/10/2009 06:55:15 PM 157 Views
Had it. Wasn't so bad. - 30/10/2009 02:38:48 PM 379 Views

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