Type A Influenza Affecting LSU Athletes
The Reveille is reporting that LSU senior associate athletic director Herb Vincent has confirmed several cases of Type A influenza. The exact number at this point is unconfirmed, and the Athletic Department suspects that its a spillover effect from the general student population so no epidemic within the athletic community in particular is suspected. All athletes are being urged to follow the same precautions Chancellor Michael Martin issued the student body earlier this week. The Department is dealing with illness on a case-by-case basis. No swine flu (strain H1N1) has been diagnosed yet within the Department, but as with all flu this season is presumed to be so.
I doubt this will adversely affect in any way the opening of the football season in eleven days, but we’ll keep this story updated.





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