Swine Flu isn’t Keep Duke Down
August 17, 2009 by Allison Boyer
Filed under Football
A lot of people are making nothing over the swine flu. For instance, at the day care center where I work part-time, one couple canceled their daughter’s enrollment because they were afraid she’d catch it. Give me a break. But, really, it can be quiet serious when there really is an outbreak of any type of flu, which is what Duke has been dealing with over the past few weeks.
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Yet, coach David Cutcliffe says that the worst is believed to be over. They had enough players healthy to scrimmage this past weekend, which is saying something since up to half of the team was experiencing symptoms believed to be associated with the H1N1 virus. One player has officially tested positive for this strain of flu.
The players have all be debriefed on ways to avoid contracting the swine flu, and sanitizing products have been provided. The football team isn’t the only part of the campus affected by the swine flu, which was confirmed to reach Durham in May.
Hopefully, the team will be tip top by Week One…and I do have one plea for players on the Duke team: if you still have symptoms at all, please don’t hide them or say you’re OK just so you can play. With such close contact, it’s an easy virus to spread, and you don’t want to endanger players on your own team or on other teams.
