College flu response mirrored peers'
Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth's response to the recent swine flu outbreak -- evacuating students from the Language Study Abroad program in Mexico, isolating individuals with flu-like symptoms and sending a series of e-mails to campus about the situation -- mirrored steps taken at peer institutions. Although swine flu was now been found to be relatively mild, the College acted appropriately to combat what could have become a pandemic, Turco said, noting that health officials had no way of knowing 10 days ago how dangerous the virus might be. "A week and a half ago, we were hearing reports from Mexico that made it appear as if this wasn't your average influenza," he said. Some students interviewed by The Dartmouth have questioned whether the College overreacted to the threat. "I have no fear of swine flu," Zachary Lim '11 said in an e-mail.
