communities are now to assume that they have H1N1 in circulation

[JcJ]

Updated August, 27, 2009

IMPORTANT H1N1 FLU INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

The Hendricks County Health Department (HCHD) notified the BCSC today that all
communities are now to assume that they have H1N1 in circulation. The Indiana
State Dept. of Health and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are no longer
running additional testing on positive influenza A tests, and therefore cannot and
will not be able to confirm any H1N1. Physicians are able to diagnose positive
influenza A and it can be assumed that any positive Influenza A is H1N1as this is
currently the only flu virus circulating around the United States.
As we have previously reported, we have been sending students home with flu
symptoms, and based on HCHD recommendations, we are assuming that many do
have H1N1. We will continue to work closely with the Hendricks County Health
Department to monitor flu conditions and make decisions about the best steps to
take concerning our schools.
For now we are doing everything we can to keep our school functioning as
usual. Here are a few things you can do to help.
•Teach your children to wash their
hands often with soap and water or an
alcohol‐based hand rub. You can set a good example by doing this yourself.
•Teach your children not to share personal
items like drinks, food or
unwashed utensils, and to cover their coughs and sneezes with tissues then
dispose of the tissue and wash their hands. Covering up their coughs or
sneezes using the elbow, arm or sleeve instead of the hand when a tissue is
unavailable.
•Know the signs and symptoms of the
flu. Symptoms of the flu include fever
(100 degrees Fahrenheit, 37.8 degrees Celsius or greater), cough, sore throat,
a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and feeling very tired. Some
people may also vomit or have diarrhea.
•Keep sick children at
home for at least 24 hours after they no longer have
fever or do not have signs of fever, without using fever‐reducing drugs.
Keeping children with a fever at home will reduce the number of people who
may get infected.
•Do not send children to school if they are
sick. Any children who are
determined to be sick while at school
will be sent
home.
For more information call 1‐800‐CDC‐INFO for the most current information about
the flu. We will notify you of any additional changes to our school’s strategy to
prevent the spread of flu.

So any stats they produce from this point forward are made up.. They won't test for anything else because they don't want it to be anything else. It's an epidemic because we say it is,,

 

[Disposable Heart]

The Infected! At the door! Get out of here!

But Vern....

Darn you! GO!! Cmon you mindless...BANG BANG! AGHHH!!!!

 

[22lr]

Why does it remind me so much of the movie "V for Vendette."

The government creates a pandemic, scares the populous into panicking and electing a government who takes away all basic freedoms in the name of protection. Im sick and tired of hearing about the dreaded swine flu when its little more than the common flu.

 

[K_W]

Trapped.

H1N1 ObamaCare

 

[kevinj110]

Didn't Swine Flu kill less people world wide than the regular flu did in USA or something to that effect?

 

[Turtle]

If this is true.... Im over it as of a couple days ago. It was brutal. But im a tank. I kicked in in 3-4 days. But it has left me with a inner ear infection. The anti-virus is in my veins. This was my first flu that ever really messed me up. As im usually effected very little by any illness. Could the CDC make a cure from me? ive always had an advanced immune system. Doctors have used my blood in test studies before because of my imunities. I dont mind sharing my gift.

 

[sparky241]

If this is true.... Im over it as of a couple days ago. It was brutal. But im a tank. I kicked in in 3-4 days. But it has left me with a inner ear infection. The anti-virus is in my veins. This was my first flu that ever really messed me up. As im usually effected very little by any illness. Could the CDC make a cure from me? ive always had an advanced immune system. Doctors have used my blood in test studies before because of my imunities. I dont mind sharing my gift.

Ahh thats because your a turtle!

 

[antsi]

So any stats they produce from this point forward are made up.. They won't test for anything else because they don't want it to be anything else. It's an epidemic because we say it is,,

Actually, this looks like pretty straightforward epidemiology to me.

If they start loading H1N1 infected people on to box cars, I will change my tune. But I don't see anything in this announcement to make me want to get out my tinfoil hat.

 

[techres]

Whatever cold/flu my wife and I have been fighting for two weeks now is really, really nasty.

 

[hookedonjeep]

If it is swine flu...... do we get free bacon to fight the fever?

 

[ATF Consumer]

The sky is falling, the sky is falling...

 

[henktermaat]

It's flu season. Flu is everywhere already. Coughs sniffles... I am not concerned.