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Originally Posted by vanblah
My doctor's son got H1N1. They were able to get it confirmed by the CDC. She says it's not much worse than regular flu. So unless you are really old or really young or your immune system is otherwise compromised there's not much to worry about I think.
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Unfortunately, your info about susceptibility is exactly backwards. They are warning that the very old and very young stand a better chance than the "young and strapping." It looks like high school, college, and early 20's will be the hardest hit demographic.
The college where I teach held a major inservice on our campus-wide response to H1N1. They've told us to be very liberal in our attendance policies, as we want to encourage any student with symptoms to stay home without penalty. They're also telling us that doctor's offices are sending people home when they arrive with symptoms, because A) there's really nothing they can do for them at that point, and B) they don't want the entire waiting room infected. Therefore, we are supposed to drop any attendance requirements we have about doctor's excuses to accompany an absence for this semester.