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Swine flu

Of the five probable swine flu cases reported in the city of Chicago so far, two are Medical Center employees, according to an e-mail Dean of Students Kimberly Goff-Crews and CFO Nim Chinniah sent to students, faculty, and staff Wednesday evening.

The University News Office is maintaining a new Web site with up-to-date information and the University’s response.

Here’s a roundup of what others in the University community are saying about swine flu—globally and locally:

ALUMNI

David Brooks, AB’83
Op-ed columnist, commentator, and author

• “Globalism Goes Viral” (New York Times, Apr. 27, 2009)

FACULTY

Kenneth Alexander
Chief of pediatric infectious diseases

• “Answers to Common Questions About Swine Flu, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2” (Science Life blog, Apr. 28, 2009)


• “Swine Flu May Test Baxter” (City Room, Chicago Public Radio, Apr. 27, 2009)

Anupam Chander
Visiting law professor and scholar of globalization and digitization

• “Diseases and National Borders” (Law School Faculty blog, Apr. 28, 2009)

Casey B. Mulligan
Chicago Booth professor of economics

• “What Economics Can Teach Us About Controlling Swine Flu” (Economix blog, New York Times, Apr. 29, 2009)

Harold Pollack
Faculty chair of the Center for Health Administration Studies and SSA associate professor

• “The Essential WHO” (Mark Leon Goldberg’s blog, UN Dispatch, Apr. 27, 2009)

Patrick C. Wilson
Assistant professor of immunology

• “Swine Flu: Virus' Invasion Sets Off Battle Inside the Body” (Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2009)

STUDENTS

Erin Franzinger, ’09
Fourth-year Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations major in the College and Chicago Studies program coordinator

• “Swine Flu Mucking About in Chicago” (The Blog that Works, Chicago Studies, Apr. 29, 2009)

Asher Klein, ’11
Second-year English major in the College and news editor at the Chicago Maroon

• “Possible Case of Swine Flu Reported at Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine” (News blog, Chicago Maroon, Apr. 30, 2009)


• “U of C Preps for Chance of Swine Flu Outbreak” (Chicago Maroon, Apr. 28, 2009)

STAFF

Jeremy Manier
Medical Center senior science reporter and new-media editor

• “How Would Obama Respond to a Flu Pandemic” (Science Life blog, Apr. 24, 2009)

University of Chicago Press editors

• “Swine Flu—Infectious Disease in a Global Age” (Chicago blog, Apr. 27, 2009)

If we have missed a swine flu story with a University of Chicago connection, please leave a link and description as a comment. Thanks!—UChiBLOGo

April 30, 2009