The Yale Herald » what to do if you get swine flu http://yaleherald.com Yale's most daring publication since 1987 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:56:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Yale’s Swine Flu strategy: drink cocoa and wear a doile on your face http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/yales-swine-flu-strategy-drink-cocoa-and-wear-a-doile-on-your-face/ http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/yales-swine-flu-strategy-drink-cocoa-and-wear-a-doile-on-your-face/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:27:43 +0000 joe http://yaleherald.com/?p=1804 I am a major hypochondriac, so I assume I have every trendy disease that hits the market a given season. When SARS came around, I feared my minor cough and sore throat was going to start a pandemic in Northern NJ. Same with Bird Flu (and no, I had not been traveling in Guangzhou, fka Canton). So of course, when yesterday I started to feel “fatigue” (I fell asleep reading Venus and Adonis—who wouldn’t?) and coughing, I settled into my couch for the worst. I called the surprisingly difficult to navigate flu hotline, explained my symptoms, and was told to send my roommates to my dean’s office to pick up the “Flu Kit” so I could check my temperature. For the benefit of the healthy, here is the full list of contents:

  • 10 Tylenol
  • 1 package Halls cough drops
  • 10 Ibuprofen
  • 10 Tempa-DOT thermometers
  • 6 masks
  • 1 package tissues
  • 1 package hot chocolate

I went straight for the very strange Tempa-Dot thermometers—which are basically narrow strips of paper that say whether you have a fever or not. Kind of like litmus paper for the tongue. Or a mood ring. For me: no fever. Still, even if I don’t have the swine, I’ll certainly be able to put the flu pack to good use: who doesn’t love hot chocolate? It’s nice to see Yale cares. And if I decide to go topical this Halloween (Michael Jackson and flu victim in one!) the masks will serve me well.

]]> http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/yales-swine-flu-strategy-drink-cocoa-and-wear-a-doile-on-your-face/feed/ 0 Another reason to get the H1N1 http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/another-reason-to-get-the-h1n1/ http://yaleherald.com/thebullblog/another-reason-to-get-the-h1n1/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:14:31 +0000 joe http://yaleherald.com/?p=382 You don’t have to take out your own trash:

This is a reminder not to leave *anything* on the entryway landings.  Custodial staff are finding many landings with stacked cardboard boxes, trash bags and personal items.

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The only exception is if you’re in medical quarantine because of flu or flu-like symptoms.  Special trash bags will be provided for sick students to leave outside the suite door for special pickup, according to a central list maintained by the Master’s Office and Custodial Services.

(via an e-mail from the Berkeley College Master’s Office)

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