2 miami dolphins have the swine flu

[OG Hack Wilson]

Posted by A. Greenbaum On August - 22 - 2009
Swine flu has been a major epidemic not only in the United States but across the world. The good news is that in healthy adults, the symptoms are mild, the bad news is that it spread quickly and can be deadly. According to the Miami Herald, the flu has spread two the NFL, into the Jets division.

The Miami Herald is reporting that two Miami Dolphins players have swine flu and will not be traveling with the team or participating in the preseason. According to the source:

Although there is currently not a major fear of a potential epidemic, the Dolphins have advised their players that some of their teammates (as few as two) will not attend tonight’s preseason game against the Panthers after testing positive for the swine flu, three sources said.

The team advised its players this morning but did not name specifically who had come down with the illness. Team spokesman Harvey Greene did not have any comment.

The disease is considered manageable and symptoms in healthy adults tend to be mild, but its high level of contagiousness will cause a serious task for the team’s staff of trainers to make sure it doesn’t spread to other players as the regular season approaches.

Scary thought and we wish them the best. As of now the US Center of Disease control reports there have been 7,963 hospitalizations and 522 deaths.

[Westcoastin']

Good omen,  Miami will win the superbowl when pigs fly