Teaching Life

Close to 300 schools around the country have been closed due to the swine flu. These schools are taking precautions if there has been a confirmed case or a suspected case. Schools have been closed in 11 states, most of them in New York City, Texas,  and California.  Other schools were closed in South Carolina, Connecticut, Minnesota and Ohio.

So, as close to 170,000 students stay home from school, the classrooms are getting scrubbed down an disinfected.  Some schools may be open the end of the week after suspected cases are verified.

There has been one death so far in the United States, a 2 year old boy in Texas who died on Monday after returning from a trip from Mexico.

This virus, H1N1, nicknamed the swine flu because it is thought to have originated in pigs, has strains of the swine flue, the burd flue, and the human flu.  There is no vaccine for it yet, but the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is working on creating one.

In the meantime, what are parents going to do about child care? Will all of these parents be able to stay home from work to take care of their children who are normally in school?  There is also talk of shutting down day cares as well.

Hopefully, the CDC will get this potential pandemic under control so parents can feel safe sending their children back to school.