You won’t find this in the AJC.  A quarantined Emory student writes in and explains why he/she chose voluntary confinement…

As one of the Emory students quarantined, I would like to comment that: 1) As it was presented to me, being placed into quarantine is entirely voluntary. I chose to be quarantined because it is quite convenient to not have to walk to the cafeteria for food, and because I did not want to get my roommate sick. 2) Although H1N1 is less severe than the common flu, it has been spreading very rapidly due to a lack of immunity, and a quarantine is sensible because H1N1 actually clears up relatively quickly (3-5 days). Rather than having everybody sick at the same time, this will slow the spread of disease, hopefully long enough for the vaccine to be widely available. 3) The suggested wait time is 24 hours without a fever, not 48.