Question to CDC: Who is going to feed and supervise students now that you have shut down the only means to do so?
Seriously.
First, before I say any more, my mother’s family was HUGELY affected by the flu epidemic of 1918 and as a result, I’ve gotten every vaccination known to man, and every flu shot. I’ll be lining up as soon as this one is available and I’m always at the doctor’s office the first week the flu shot is available. Especially since everyone thinks its okay that their children cough and sneeze on me.
If there was a guarantee that we could contain the flu by shutting down schools, I might be all for it — though we should at least be able to feed the free and reduced lunch babies.
And in the same breath that the news media was recommending that the children be kept apart, the local news media was showing parents who were considering pooling their child care resources. Hey, I thought the point was to seperate the kids as much as possible. <sigh>
Thankfully we have one case in my district and have only shut down 1 out of 283 schools. Though I keep expecting the superintendent to shut down early to save money.
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