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Yeah but there are outbreaks of everything at the beginning of the school year, at all levels.

Flu, mono, the clap. It's why you're supposed to be up to date on your vaccinations.

It's just what happens when a bunch of people who've been in separate microbiomes come together and start sharing the same air.

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Freshers’ flu we used to call it. And everyone getting physical in the first couple of weeks means it spreads very quickly.

I was sick most of my freshman year. Went to school halfway across the country. Entirely new set of viruses versus what I was used to.

Happens to people who move to different countries too.

Common enough in basic training that it's got a nickname as well. https://afwm.org/life-during-bmt/bmt-illnesses/

I'm convinced I nearly died during my first semester. Swine flu, pneumonia and a throat infection all in the course of a month. Anyone who thinks this won't spread through a college doesn't have a clue.

But there is no mono or clap vaccine?

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