Apparently this Swine Flu thing is not going anywhere so everyone on sharenotes.com had better get prepped for an onslaught of advice from your schools administration. In fact, many colleges are gearing up for cases to increase on campus as students return to school and Fall / Winter draws near.
The government is urging not only schools but students themselves to prepare for possible outbreaks. This means that students are encourages to stay away from other in the event that they should feel ill by using “flu buddies”. Yes that’s the term they used. This means that should you fall ill you should sequester yourself in your room (by yourself preferably) and have your “buddy” run your notes and correspondence to and from your professors / classes.
The hope of all this is just that if anyone should happen to get ill, hopefully it won’t spread further. Knowing how colleges work it doesn’t take much to convince some students to stay home from class. But will all the precautions work? That remains to be seen.
As a personal aside, I have a friend who ended up contracting the Swine Flu presumably from the San Diego Comic-con (which I blogged about previously). Aside from staying in his room for about a week and symptoms that mimic a mild flu, he was just fine.
The lessons? Well you’re going to be hearing a lot about swine flu at school this semester. I would say it’s a good idea to follow your schools measures and if you get sick, get checked out and keep yourself out of public while you’re contageous. Yes use a Swine Flu Buddy… maybe just don’t call it that? Anyone on sharenotes.com have some other Swine Flu related comments? Please feel free to leave them!
