MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WKOW) -- Another Big 10 school is dealing with an H1N1 flu outbreak. About 60 confirmed cases have been diagnosed at the University of Minnesota.
School officials are especially worried about the disease spreading in the dorms, where students are in close contact with one another.
School officials are especially worried about the disease spreading in the dorms, where students are in close contact with one another.
Many are making sure to use hand sanitizers regularly and all students have been warned to take precautions.
The head of the school's Center for Infectious Diseases calls college campuses the perfect breeding ground for the virus.
"I think that by early October, this country is going to have a hell of a mess on its hands," says Dr. Michael Osterholm, Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy. "Because this is going to build around the country over the next 3-4 weeks and we're going to see more and more infections spread out of the college campuses, out of the high schools, out of the schools, out of the daycares and it's going to basically be in the working class population of 20-55 year olds."
The university is telling students who are sick to go home. If that's not feasible, the school will try to make arrangements to isolate the students and make medical care and food available to them.
Source: WKOW
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