Comments on: Newtown intermediate school closed for flu

By: sono resident

sono resident — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:27:58 +0000

second hand, in part they didn’t close because no one knew how many were sick with the flu. Unless your daughter went to a hospital or clinic and they sent a swab to Hartford, the medical director does not incorporate her illness into “confirmed” cases. The school must then rely only on the % that are calling in sick to see if there’s an outbreak

By: Secondhand Rose

Secondhand Rose — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:50:59 +0000

#5, while I sympathize with these parents (having been in that boat myself for some years), I also sympathize with the parents of the other students and families of the teachers (and coworkers) who do not wish to be exposed to this illness. As I unfortunately already had been, the week before my lumpectomy surgery. My own daughter came home from high school with flu symptoms and she remained home sick for a full week – by the state’s requirements, not ours. And while there were many students out with the same symptoms, her high school, with over 3,000 students, did not close – didn’t even consider it.

By: Posts about Swine Flu as of June 22, 2009 « Swine Flu Information Site

Posts about Swine Flu as of June 22, 2009 « Swine Flu Information Site — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:05:26 +0000

[...] and cable television hotheads from pointing at Mexico as the unequivocal origin of the disease. Newtown middle school closed for flu – yourct.com 06/21/2009 The Newtown Bee reports via email:School officials collaborating with [...]

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:46:20 +0000

Oh, if it were only that easy, Rose! We’re talking public school. Some parents have no choice but to take the risk and send their kids to school regardless of illness in order not to miss a day’s work.

By: sono resident

sono resident — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:45:18 +0000

There is enormous pressure on students and teachers to not simply stay home. Unfortunately (fortunately) school can’t simply be delayed. While this is clearly nothing like the 1918 Flu, which killed more people than WWI, medical experts have concluded that this is a pandemic

By: Secondhand Rose

Secondhand Rose — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:01:07 +0000

It’s ridiculous to close the schools over this overblown medical “crisis”. Why don’t the sick simply stay home? Then they wouldn’t be spreading their illnesses to other students and teachers (or coworkers, for that matter) in the first place.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:14:02 +0000

Kids may be sent home but if there is no medical insurance, these kids are not going to the doctor to be diagnosed. Consequently there are no reported instances of “Swine Flu” or otherwise in Norwalk. How can our city protect itself if there are indeed flu-like symptoms out there left undiagnosed and untreated?

By: sono resident

sono resident — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:23:07 +0000

Interesting, because the State stopped allowing physicians to send swabs in from their offices for flu testing. Only clinics and hospitals can send in swabs. At the HS I work at no “confirmed” cases of swine flu were reported but kids were hacking like crazy the last month. Interestingly, the only way I heard about the change in State was by getting sick and going to the Dr.. The Town medical director made no mention in the change at the State level, leading everyone to believe the decline in “confirmed” cases meant the swine flu was not a problem in our district.