Swine Flu

[RaggedyAnn]

Originally Posted by srmom

I'm flying into Orlando tomorrow and driving to Gainesville to watch my son graduate = so I will be exposed on the plane, in the Orlando airport, in the OConnell Center, where the graduation ceremony is to take place, etc.

But, I will be damned if I'm going to miss him walk across that stage! It took too much to get him there!!!

Maybe I'll just hold my breath

Northeastern banned hand shaking of graduates during commencement.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html

[bostongreek]

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

Northeastern banned hand shaking of graduates during commencement.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html

this turned out to be the most awkward thing ever

[SWTXBelle]

One possible case at a Katy ISD Middle School. My reaction is I'm washing my hands as often as I think about, and forcing my boys to do the same. My husband will intinct for communion this Sunday - I'm only going to my RCIA class. I'm already hysterical about coming up with the deductible for my husband's flooded car - I don't have time to get hysterical about this.

[aephi alum]

The local Roman Catholic diocese has encouraged people attending Mass not to hold hands during the Lord's Prayer, not to shake hands during the Sign of Peace, and to receive Communion wafers in their hands rather than orally. Also, parishes have been encouraged not to offer Communion wine, unless someone (say, someone with celiac disease) requests it.

I'm just glad I don't work in NYC any more... I would still use mass transit and go to the office if I still worked down there, but I'm just as glad I don't have to.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

Northeastern banned hand shaking of graduates during commencement.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html

USF is doing the same thing...

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

The local Roman Catholic diocese has encouraged people attending Mass not to hold hands during the Lord's Prayer, not to shake hands during the Sign of Peace, and to receive Communion wafers in their hands rather than orally. Also, parishes have been encouraged not to offer Communion wine, unless someone (say, someone with celiac disease) requests it.

I'm just glad I don't work in NYC any more... I would still use mass transit and go to the office if I still worked down there, but I'm just as glad I don't have to.

I'm all for that being a permanent thing. I always hate doing sign of peace with strangers. You don't know where their hands have been.

[Xanthus]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I'm all for that being a permanent thing. I always hate doing sign of peace with strangers. You don't know where their hands have been.

Yeah, I hear ya. It kills me how people will use the crapper and leave without even looking at the sink to wash their hands. I hear it's a rule to wash for at least 20 seconds.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

Northeastern banned hand shaking of graduates during commencement.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html

I attended a graduation yesterday and they did the same.

[DaemonSeid]

Question for the board: Is this what the US needs now to close down the Mexican border?


Uh oh...it's CONSPIRACY TIME!!!!!!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Question for the board: Is this what the US needs now to close down the Mexican border?

Uh oh...it's CONSPIRACY TIME!!!!!!

You win this thread. I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Question for the board: Is this what the US needs now to close down the Mexican border?


Uh oh...it's CONSPIRACY TIME!!!!!!

If it was bad, i.e. 90% mortality rate then I would say close the border for all non-essential business. If you lived in a border town you would see how many people cross over for frivolous reasons such as buying blankets or just to eat dinner. At my gym I usually see about 4 or 5 cars with MXN license plates in the parking lot whenever I go. Like there's no gyms in Juarez??

[xoredhotxo]

we've got a confirmed case at washington and lee. awesome

[KSUViolet06]

Postponed proms, hand sanitizer signs of the times in swine flu era

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/02...ref=rss_latest



"Cisco Junior College in West Central Texas canceled graduation ceremonies yesterday, the college said. Instead, students will get their diplomas by mail."

"Dan Godshall and 19 other students at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania attended a private graduation on Saturday for students had recently visited Mexico.

The students had returned from student teaching in Mexico earlier this week ahead of schedule because they were worried the border would be closed and they'd miss out on walking at their graduation. Watch Slippery Rock students tell their story »

The college decided not to let them walk in their own graduation out of fears that they made have been exposed to the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico.

"The university has received hundreds of calls from students and parents who were worried about being exposed at the commencement ceremonies," the university's vice president said in an e-mail. "We have an obligation to protect others from what they perceive is possible exposure to this virus."



"In an e-mail from the Denton Independent School District, students learned that all schools in the district would be closed this week and that Guyer High School's prom would be rescheduled for May 29."

[angels&angles]

Originally Posted by xoredhotxo

we've got a confirmed case at washington and lee. awesome

Especially fascinating because apparently that student hasn't been out of the country and only visited states where there are no reported cases... (according to the Richmond Times online, don't know how reliable that is).

Personally, I think it's over-hyped, but I'm hoping they'll cancel classes for a few days until blows over, and no one dies or anything.

I'm a little scared, but then I just finished re-reading The Stand...

[alum]

Here is a list of all the higher education institutions with H1N1 issues

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...mid=1241347371