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Updated: 3:06 PM Jul 13, 2009
67 AFA Cadets With Confirmed H1N1 Flu
The Air Force Academy confirms to 11 News that 67 freshmen cadets have been confirmed to have the H1N1 Swine Flu. A total of 121 cadets are in isolation.
Posted: 2:16 PM Jul 13, 2009Reporter: KKTV Email Address: news@kktv.com |
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The Air Force Academy confirms to 11 News that 67 freshmen cadets have been confirmed to have the H1N1 Swine Flu. A total of 121 cadets are in isolation.
A spokes-person for the Academy tells the sick freshman recruits, started showing symptoms on last Monday. Since then, they have been tested, many with confirmed cases and all are being isolated from the rest of the Academy in a dorm on the base.
The number has been growing since last week with 15 confirmed cases on Friday before it jumped to 50 over the weekend and then 67 confirmed cases on Monday.
Test samples were sent to Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
As protocol the Academy has been in touch with the El Paso County Health Department and the Centers For Disease Control.
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Posted by: singh
Location: puertico rico
on Jun 27, 2010 at 07:08 AM
AFA people are also getting this. This is bad. They should be very protective of themselves. Like in case of shingles contagious, they are preventive of them. So, they should take the shots of swine flu.
Posted by: Tom55
Location: Chicago
on Apr 12, 2010 at 07:22 AM
It is nice to notice that this disastrous epidemic is almost over now. So many innocent people have died because of it and we couldn't do anything about it. Now the situation have changes - almost everyone can get swine flu vaccine in the local hospital. However there are some risks left. First of all not all families want to take this vaccination. I can't actually understand this situation because these non-immunized people possess danger to immunized ones. Talking about children, I can feel calm about my boy at school still. Because there are many boys and girls that haven't taken a flu shot yet. Not because they don't want it, because their parents don't want to do that and they can't realize the possible consequences of this decision. I would recommend to everyone who feel headache, weakness or various strep throat symptoms to visit the doctor as quick as possible till it's not too late. Protect your family.
Posted by: Mike
Location: OCC
on Jul 13, 2009 at 08:02 PM
So far this version of the flu hasn't shown to be a problem. Should we, should anybody, be concerned? Why the push for vaccinations?
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