Swine Flu

[agzg]

I had pork for dinner.

COME AND GET ME, SWINE FLU!

[SWTXBelle]

I'm a little peeved that 3 high schools in the Katy ISD did not allow students to come to the Best Buddies ( a program that provides mentors for special ed. students) end of the year dance at the Elks Hall, but has yet to cancel a single prom. It's not that I think they should cancel prom - I'm just trying to figure out why a dance that means SO MUCH to the special ed kids was singled out.

[srmom]

I just got back from my son's graduation at UF - they all shook hands (with like 6 people on the stage - Deans and Pres of the college) Only sign of the apocolypse was the hand sanitizer at the end of the stage

We flew in and out of Orlando - home of Disney World - so packed with kids and families from all over, and NARY a face mask in the entire airport or plane!

so far I have no symptoms, but I'll let y'all know if I start hacking!! haha!

[Beryana]

the sign of stupidity in a county health services office. . ..allowing a child that HAS been exposed to the virus (because her father is a confirmed case) to go to school without quarantine - and surprisingly she has since tested positive for influenza. Now the school is closed due to waiting the results of what strain (gee, I wonder). This is the elementary school, she rode the bus, AND the school was the hub for other schools to bring kids and get put on the correct busses!! My cousin, who is a nurse AND has a daughter at that school, is FURIOUS at the incompetence of the county health department.

Also, the cleaning crew where the gentleman with the confirmed case worked was never told WHY they were super cleaning the department he worked in!!

There is blowing things out of proportion and then there is sheer stupidity!!

[honeychile]

^^Good golly Miss Molly! Whomever witheld that information could be instrumental in a (hopefully) small epidemic! It just goes to show that it's not necessarily confined to hospitals or such - use that Purell, people!

[AGDee]

http://www.clickondetroit.com/health.../detail.html#-


U.S. health officials are no longer recommending that schools close because of swine flu.

The government last week advised schools to shut down for about two weeks if there were suspected cases of swine flu. Hundreds of schools around the country have followed that guidance and closed schools.

[LaneSig]

All schools that were previously closed in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area are re-opening today.

[Xanthus]

It's good to be extra cautious, but this isn't the ebola virus.

[SWTXBelle]

[aggieAXO]

Not sure if anyone saw the Doctors On Tuesday (I didn't get to see it b/c I just had back sx) but a vet was on there-Kristy O. Murray talking about it, she use to work for the CDC.-she is a Pi Phi from Texas A&M (we went through rush together). Hope this makes sense cause i am on some pain meds and having a hard time forming sentnces .

[SWTXBelle]

[angels&angles]

W&L now has 7 confirmed cases of swine flu. This less than 24 hours after they told us they're just treating it like a regular flu season. There are news vans everywhere, and they're not even canceling classes.

[alum]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

W&L now has 7 confirmed cases of swine flu. This less than 24 hours after they told us they're just treating it like a regular flu season. There are news vans everywhere, and they're not even canceling classes.

There are only 11 cases in the entire Commonwealth of VA and 7 are at W&L, a LAC that only has 1800 undergraduates.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by alum

There are only 11 cases in the entire Commonwealth of VA and 7 are at W&L, a LAC that only has 1800 undergraduates.

No one in Richmond is wearing the mask or anything.

[alum]

According to VDH, it's now 9 cases at W&L and 14 total in VA. NoVA has its first case.