By Staff Reports
On Friday, Aug. 28, APSU President Timothy Hall sent an e-mail stating two APSU commuter students are suspected of having H1N1, commonly known as “swine flu.” As of press time, the suspected cases were unconfirmed.
The e-mail went on to state that a task force consisting of 22 faculty, staff and student representatives, which includes faculty with expertise in public health, microbiology and epidemiology, was being formed. As of press time, the names of the members of all this force had not been released. This task force will be chared with planning and implementing procedures for preventing the spread of the virus on campus and developing action plans for various scenarios in the event of a campus wide epidemic.
Chad Brooks, professor of biology and a member of this committee, said the provost is the head of this task force and approves the the rest of the task force members.
In addition to the task force, the e-mail also indicated various preventive measures have been ordered, including “presentations during both the Faculty/Staff and Freshman Convocations. Supplies of hand sanitizers and wipes for distribution to departments, offices and classrooms. Pocket hand sanitizers will be distributed to freshmen and residence hall rooms. University housing officials will also place hand sanitizers in common areas of residence halls.”
For information links about H1N1, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU, the APSU Web site www.apsu.edu, and the APSU Health Services Web site at www.apsu.edu/HealthServices. These will be updated as more information becomes available.
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the H1N1 or Swine Flu Virus is very scary at first but now it is well controlled by vaccines and prevention by avoiding going into places with incidence of swine flu.
H1N1 or Swine Flu is a bit scary but it a good thing to note that this virus is not that very deadly.
At least a hundred persons in our city have been infected with the H1N1 virus. I was very scared to get infected with this disease during the pandemic.~:
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