Rockville Highschool Closed Due to Swine Flu Case

I think there is need for caution but some people are over reacting.

I think a lot of people are seriously over reacting

I think we should all be concerned. I think all schools need to close BEFORE finding the flu inside it. At that point it's too damn late.

I speak as a concerned mother of a 6 year old that gets sick easily and currently has a cold AND as someone not terribly far from 3 probable cases of the swine flu.

there is a LOT of misinformation.
This flu spreads like any other, but the people who get the sickest are the ones we consider healthy - the twenty year olds and teens.
A student showed up at my school last night feeling sick, and she was told to go back home.

I agree there needs to be caution, however i tend to agree that people are over reacting......I don't think the government is helping.
Mooch

I think some precautions are in order, but not hysteria....as others have said !

I think the precautions are valid, but yes there is definitely panic. I will admit that I was a bit freaked out, when I had to go to the health clinic on Wednesday. I had to get the sugar test in the lab, and the lab was quite busy. During the hour I had to wait until they could take the blood test, I found a lonely spot for Sky and me away from everyone else.

Since the regular flu almost sent me to the hospital, I definitely do not want this one, and I am also a bit worried since I am pregnant. We are definitely taking precautions at our home, and I am happy that it is Friday so my son can be home with me for the next two days. It sounds like the testing is on a huge back log, so we cannot even consider the numbers they put out to be the correct ones.

Anne Arundel Co., and Baltimore schools also had a case or two and haven't closed so far. I guess Maryland will begin closing them too and Gee, just as my Grand daughter was about to graduate and the prom thing and all, she's a senior.

Rockville, is in Montgomery Co., it does figure that they'd close sooner than other's- People I have talk to about the recent cases in Maryland are "undecided" and not sure, no one is really sure- it can spread like "wildfire" in crowded places, and also be unnoticed.

I don't know what to say. HMMMM

I'd rather err on the side of caution~

better to be safe than sorry

The answer is Yes and No. Normal healthy individuals won't have any problems fighting off the flu - it'll just be another cold to them. But at-risk populations, like infants, the elderly, those with compromised immune systems (AIDS patients, Cancer patients), this flu can kill, just like any other flu can kill an at-risk person.
Since this is a new strain, there is no related immunity in the entire population. That can cause a very large number of people to be sick at the same time, causing problems for our infrastructure: imagine if 50% of the police force was out sick with the flu? It could be pandemonium! Same with doctors, nurses, EMTs, firemen, etc.

The best thing you can do: frequent hand washing with soap. Anti-bacterial soap isn't necessary. Wash your hands very frequently: after every time you go to the bathroom; before you handle food; after handling dirt/gardening/lawn work; after changing diapers, etc.

really I don't know what to think, we get a lot of misinformation on this....it's dangerous, it's not dangerous....I think maybe to be safe, close the school and any sibblings of the affected child must not come to school either but not the whole district.

I agree yet some need to be carefull,,,, our big city has folks working overtime in disinfected the whole school before school starts in the am they will be doing this everyday timm this calm downs

More people died from the vaccine than the actual swine flu the last time this happened.

I believe there is a need to be concerned, but no need to panic. Remember, WASH YOUR HANDS!

I just think better safe than sorry, but I don't think that everyone needs to panic.

The hype surrounding this strain of flu served one purpose and only one: sales of Tamiflu went through the roof. Although nobody even bothered to check if it was the right medication for this strain.
Enough money made, the "pandemic" subsides.
'nuff said...

That's kind of ridiculous! It's Rockville, MD, a pretty educated area in the nation... the swine flu is really not that serious. If you suspect it, go to your doctor, there's a cure for almost everyone. (It's different for those who are severely immunocompromised, who might have resistance towards many antibiotics.)

Does that mean the whole Montgomery county public schools closed down? It's pretty unbelievable to me (since I'm from that area and know how educated people there are ...)