Yet one more reason we should all be homeschooling our children. Tests show that swine flu is spreading school children to adults.
Sick children have always been a problem for working class citizens who must struggle with the responsibilities of work and family but these statistics are alraming when you consider how dangerous this virus is supposed to be.
How do we deal with something like this? If the school systems are the frontline in the fight against spreading this virus should we do more to educate our children and school facilitators on steps to prevent the spread of this disease?
Let's hope that it's a mild flu season and we don't have a pandemic break out in our school system. can you imagine what would happen if they had to shutdown classes at even 25% of all schools in America? Where would all these kids go while there parents tried to keep their jobs?
"Results of tens of thousands of flu tests indicate that the pandemic H1N1 virus is spreading from school-aged children to the rest of the U.S. population, makers of the tests say.
Quest Diagnostics, which makes a commercially available test that can confirm swine flu infection, said the findings suggest many more adults will be infected with the new H1N1 influenza.
"Based on tests performed since Quest Diagnostics began offering H1N1 testing in May 2009, children between the ages of five to 14 have experienced higher overall rates of H1N1 positivity than any other age group," the company said in its report."
- Tests show flu spreads from schools | U.S. | Reuters (view on Google Sidewiki)
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