Many colleges have tried to prepare themselves for outbreaks by asking students who are ill to stay in their dorm rooms or to stay in special dorms or wings with other sick students. Honestly, I think it's just an acknowledgment of the fact that when you have thousands and thousands of young adults in classrooms and common living situations, something like a flu bug spreads even more quickly.
For those who are interested, here's an excerpt and a link to the American College Health Association's weekly and cumulative data on H1N1 on campuses:
"In this weekly period of influenza activity, a total of 7,696 new ILI cases were reported (10 hospitalizations) among campus populations totaling over 3 million. Ninety-one percent of the 267 colleges and universities reported new ILI cases, compared to 83% the prior week. The nationwide attack rate was 24.7 cases/10,000 students, 15 percent higher than the prior week’s rate."
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Many colleges have tried to prepare themselves for outbreaks by asking students who are ill to stay in their dorm rooms or to stay in special dorms or wings with other sick students. Honestly, I think it's just an acknowledgment of the fact that when you have thousands and thousands of young adults in classrooms and common living situations, something like a flu bug spreads even more quickly.
For those who are interested, here's an excerpt and a link to the American College Health Association's weekly and cumulative data on H1N1 on campuses:
"In this weekly period of influenza activity, a total of 7,696 new ILI cases were reported (10 hospitalizations) among campus populations totaling over 3 million. Ninety-one percent of the 267 colleges and universities reported new ILI cases, compared to 83% the prior week. The nationwide attack rate was 24.7 cases/10,000 students, 15 percent higher than the prior week’s rate."
http://www.acha.org/ILI_surveillance.cfm
September 23, 2009 - 4:59pmThis Comment
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