Swine Flu on College Campuses Jumps 34%

Thursday October 29, 2009

H1N1 vaccines have begun arriving on college campuses - and the very idea of a live vaccine nasal spray, which is what landed at my younger son's school, completely freaked him out. But just as those vaccines arrived, the rate of college swine flu cases nationally jumped by 34%, according to the American College Health Association. Some 8,861 new cases (including 20 students who were hospitalized) were reported the week of Oct. 17-23, including a surge on campuses where the disease seemed to be on the way out. Not good. On the positive side, the virus is continuing to be fairly mild, and campus health centers are urging students to come in and get immunized. Here's hoping my kid actually did so. He just kept repeating, "Live! Live?!"