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Complications in Cornell swine flu
death not released

By Liz Lawyer • [email-masked] • Staff Writer •
September 14, 2009, 7:20 pm

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Cornell University and
Cayuga Medical Center spokesmen would not explain Monday the
complications that led to the death last week of a Cornell student who had
contracted H1N1.

A spokeswoman for the New York State Department
of Health and the director of Tompkins County Health Department also
refused to talk about any underlying or pre-existing issues that
contributed to 20-year-old Warren Schor's death.

John Turner, vice president for communications at
Cayuga Medical Center, said the hospital is respecting the family's wishes
that Schor's cause of death be described only as complications of the H1N1 virus.

"That's all we can say," Turner said. "We always
try to be sensitive to the family's wishes, and they were comfortable
saying it was related to complications of H1N1."

Cornell media
relations director Simeon Moss said most of the Cornell students who
have been diagnosed with H1N1 have had mild
cases, have recovered with little to no medical intervention, and have
returned to class. Moss said diagnoses by Cornell's Gannett Health
Services are based on the symptoms that students exhibit, not laboratory tests.
Health center officials have said seasonal flu has not shown up, so it is
assumed the cases are of H1N1, also known as
swine flu.

This past weekend, the number of diagnosed
students rose above 550, Gannett reported, though Moss said the number
reported by the health service does not represent the
actual number of students who have contracted the illness, since many may
be recovering on their own without consulting a medical professional.

He said the campus health service follows up
daily with every student who has
contacted them and been diagnosed with the virus. The health service calls
or e-mails the students to check up on their progress. He would not say whether Schor
was one of the students being tracked by Gannett this way.

A funeral service for Schor was held Monday in
White Plains, N.Y. A campus memorial service is expected to be held, but
no date has been set, Cornell media
relations representatives said.

On Thursday, the Campus Community Coalition will
hold a public information meeting at Ithaca High School. The Campus
Community Coalition is led by staff from Cornell University,
Ithaca College, and Tompkins Cortland Community College. Campus health
center staff will answer questions and offer information in the IHS
cafeteria, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Off-campus health professionals will also
be available.

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