MIT Medical: Swine Flu Update
MIT is well prepared in the event that the swine flu virus impacts our campus. As part of emergency preparedness planning, MIT Medical stockpiles adequate supplies of the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza. State and federal governments also have stockpiles of these drugs that would be available to us if additional doses were needed. To date, all of the swine flu cases in the United States have been relatively mild and appear to respond well to these two drugs.
MIT students are urged to contact their primary care provider's office directly if they have flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills, and fatigue. Any student who does not have a primary care provider can make an appointment by calling MIT Medical's main number at 617-253-4481 or 617-258-0656, TTY.
MIT Medical and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health continue to monitor the local situation closely. Updates will be posted on the MIT Medical Web site as developments occur.
