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E-PrinceThere’s a new phrase in the Princeton lexicon: “self-isolation,” the state of living alone to avoid infecting everyone else with swine flu. A variant form is also common, in e-mail that begins “I’m self-isolating...”, followed by an apology ...(back to the article)
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Usually he is good.
I liked this article a LOT!! Too bad I feel that most people are just using this swine flu thing as a an excuse to postpone work when it piles up.
How do they know that it is swine flu and not just normal flu? real question, anyone know?
They generally don't. They only test to find the difference in severe cases. Most of the times they will simply say "flue like symptoms".
They did typing of the flu and found there was practically no seasonal flu circulating in the US. There isn't much of a real point in knowing (although swine flu is definitely different than seasonal flu) in any individual case, nor is there the resources to actually test individual cases, so it is mostly "swine flu unless confirmed otherwise". Although, in reality in general few "influenza-like illnesses" are actually even influenza.
I feel so bad for both these students and the professor! COS109 was one of the most interesting and rewarding courses I have ever taken, but as a non-numbers person if you will, I had a very difficult time with the course. I attended every single class except for the rare occcasion, when I would come see the prof immediately and he was very thorough and helpful. I just cannot imagine missing class and then actually being successful, I would have no idea what was going on. Also, can't imagine the prof having to catch all these students up!