Gators "go to extremes" to battle H1N1

Two quotes from this story about H1N1 hitting the Florida Gators football team raise concerns:

"We're trying the best we can, but it's real," Meyer said. "We go to the extremes. They get a separate dorm room for them. They get a separate hotel room for them. They put them right on whatever the flu stuff is. Our guys, our team doctors, they're on it as fast as you can get on it."

Demps, who had a 101-degree temperature, ran four times for 31 yards and a touchdown...Meyer said Sunday that Demps probably shouldn't have played. "Jeff did not look right." Meyer is most concerned about Demps for this week since he was still "on the front end of the flu" (!)

Previous posts about H1N1 discussed H1N1 developing some resistance to anti-virals and the need to lmit their use for treatment and prophylaxis to those with medical conditions that put them at risk for complications. Assuming the coach is talking about anti-virals like Tamiflu and not simply supportive care treatments Should a different standard apply to the #1 team in the nation?

Also, an athlete with a fever should not play or practice (or go to class, hang out in the cafeteria, etc) so as not to expose others to the infection. Maybe, in retaliation for Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin's trash talk about the Gators this summer, Meyer and company decided to smite the Volunteers with swine flu rather than running up the score. Also, exercising with a fever puts the individual at risk for heat illness, dehydration, and exacerbating the infection.