I was told by a nurse at Gannett today that cases of H1N1 flu have essentially disappeared over the winter break. Not a surprise, but it gives credence to the idea that Cornell could dramatically slow the spread of pandemic flu by sending home as many students as possible.
The nurse was also hoping that rush week would be canceled, which will not happen.
It seems that Cornell had one big wave of cases around September, then another bump in cases around November, with a steady rate of 10-15 new cases a day between those two periods. Hopefully we won't see another escalation in cases once classes begin again.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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A rise in cases over the next few weeks is almost inevitable, since students are coming back from far and wide, and some of them have surely been exposed. Let's just hope enough people got vaccinated that few enough cases come back and those few don't spread much. I got my vaccine last week!
ReplyDeleteYep, I got mine today. Hopefully it'll be unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteI think that Gannett had plenty of doses back in December but didn't publicize it much for fear of a stampede through their doors. They have a lot of doses now.