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Dr.  Lawrence’s latest email has a few highlights: we’re up to 137 total cases of H1N1, and we currently have 37 active cases.  He says that the caseload has remained constant for a couple of weeks, and recommends that if you feel sick that you stay in as much as possible.  Be nice to your classmates — don’t go out sick!  He also explains why they aren’t prescribing Tamiflu.

Also, the H1N1 vaccine won’t be on campus until about October 30th.

To:     The Rensselaer Community
From:   Leslie Lawrence, M.D.
Medical Director, Student Health Center
Date:   October 22, 2009
Re:     H1N1 Update

As of October 21, we have experienced 137 cases of influenza among
students on the Troy campus. Some 37 students have active cases of the
illness. Of those, nine are in isolation rooms and 28 are recuperating
at home with their families. The remaining 100 students are fully
recovered. In addition, several faculty and staff members have reported
influenza-like illnesses.

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See the latest text from Dr. Lawrence, who says that the H1N1 vaccine should be here in about a week.  We have also hit 64 cases so far!  Woo! Full text after the jump.

To:     The Rensselaer Community
From:   Leslie Lawrence, M.D.
Medical Director, Student Health Center,
Re:     H1N1 Update
Date:   October 14, 2009

As of October 13, we have experienced 64 cases of influenza among
students on the Troy campus. Some 47 students have active cases of the
illness. Of those, 16 are in isolation rooms and 31 are recuperating at
home with their families. The remaining 17 students are fully recovered.
In addition, several faculty and staff members have reported
influenza-like illnesses.

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Doing this might get your H1N1...

In an email just sent out to the RPI Community, Dr. Lawrence of the Student Health Center has announced that RPI has more active cases of H1N1 than it has had at any point so far this season.  Seven of the students are being isolated on campus.  The Health Center recommends that students refrain from drinking games to halt the spread of the virus.  The full text is below.

Don't get yourself into one of these!

To:     The Rensselaer Community
From:   Leslie Lawrence, M.D.
Medical Director, Student Health Center,
Re:     H1N1 Update
Daet:   Oct. 9, 2009

As of October 8, we have experienced 21 cases of influenza among our
students on the Troy campus. Currently, we have our largest number of
sick students at one time, with 14 students with active cases of the
illness. Seven are in isolation rooms and seven are recuperating at home
with their families. In addition, there have been reportsof several

faculty and staff with influenza-like illness.

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Dr. Lawrence of the Student Health Center has sent out an email update to the RPI Community.   It states that there have been seven cases of H1N1, and five have fully recovered.  It also outlines the rationale and procedure for the isolation rooms, and mentions that the Poly published the flu vaccine schedule.  Full text below.

To:     The Rensselaer Community
From:   Leslie Lawrence, M.D.
Medical Director, Student Health Center
Re:     H1N1 Update
Date:   Oct. 1, 2009

As of October 1, we have experienced seven cases of influenza among our
students. Five of those students are fully recovered, and two are
recuperating at home with their families.

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