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Approximate reconstructionDuke Athletics statement (text reconstructed closely from the published statement; archive host not directly fetchable)709 chars
Approximately 84 individuals are being treated for illness after likely being exposed to the bacteria Legionella while attending the K Academy, a basketball camp for adults that took place Aug. 11-15 on the Duke University campus. Duke infectious disease specialists, working with federal, state and local public health officials, believe the exposure likely occurred in a training room in the Schwartz-Butters Building. No Duke student-athletes were exposed to the bacteria or have reported illness. The training room is now closed while mitigation and cleaning efforts are underway. Legionella is not contagious. All individuals who have reported illness are being treated and are expected to fully recover.
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
The notice leads with a precise exposed count (84) and a precise date window (Aug. 11-15, 2021), letting camp attendees rather than the general campus self-identify as at risk.
Duke pre-empts the most likely campus fear by stating plainly that no student-athletes were exposed and the source was a single training room in the Schwartz-Butters Building.
The line 'Legionella is not contagious' is a targeted myth-correction: unlike the COVID messaging dominating 2021, this hazard does not spread person-to-person and required no quarantine.