Quote Originally Posted by sam.car View Post
Yeh...the RA's just came by telling everyone that there's an outbreak of the Swine flu here at Emory. They said people are dropping like flies. The locals are going to be sent home if it gets serious, because the quarantine facility on campus isn't large enough.

Apparently UGA aswell, but homefully some UGA head can chime in and confirm.


One of the girls in the next dorm over is being sent to the hospital early in the morning.

Why are people making such a big deal about swine flu? It's not nearly as deadly as the regular flu. According to the CDC, as many as 52000 people a year here in the US die from just plain ol' Influenza. I would be highly surprised if more than 1000 people die in the US from swine flu this year. Swine flu is no more deadly than regular flu if treated medically (like regular flu). Young children are the only polulation more vulnerable to getting swine flu. The news is just looking for something to make a bid deal about... I could imagine if it was smallpox of the plague or something, but swine flu? It's been around for hundreds of years and comes and goes every 100 years or so.