100,000 New Swine Flu Cases

[efq]

Normal flu is worse apparently.. And no they wont close schools, kids will still be out anyway!

They won't have thousands of kids packed into little rooms though will they?
My County are already on the verge of closing them until November.

Normal flu isn't affecting the pregnant as much as Swine Flu

[cocaine]

They won't have thousands of kids packed into little rooms though will they?
My County are already on the verge of closing them until November.

Normal flu isn't affecting the pregnant as much as Swine Flu

what about offices and workplaces? public places such as town centres, fitness centres, london underground? are they going to shut them down too? :rolleyes:

[GommeInc]

Keeping schools closed will just make it spread :/ What's better, keeping fireants locked away or letting them run riot spreading like wild fire? Keeping schools closed won't solve anything, children will be out and about running around anywhere, while at least at school they're safer and locked away, and anyone sick can be sent home and kept home :/ It'll just cause more problems as far as I can see it at least :/

[Melsia]

My friend was diagnosed with it the other day, way more people that I know have started to get it over the past week or so, so I can believe these figures.

[efq]

Keeping schools closed will just make it spread :/ What's better, keeping fireants locked away or letting them run riot spreading like wild fire? Keeping schools closed won't solve anything, children will be out and about running around anywhere, while at least at school they're safer and locked away, and anyone sick can be sent home and kept home :/ It'll just cause more problems as far as I can see it at least :/

First of all, those 'Fireants' are only locked away for 6 hours of the day and get 2 hours of 'out and about running anywhere' at breaks and before/after school.

No cause in school if one person has it, it only takes a sneeze to spread it to A LOT of people. How many kids hands touch them tables, equitment etc.

In the city centres etc is your choice, School isn't an option. They can open schools and have the risk of teachers becoming sick, no lessons can be taught, one child getting it, then having half or more the school sick. Same for businesses.

[LoveToStack]

Is it not less likely that you'd catch it in open air than in an enclosed space though?

[efq]

Is it not less likely that you'd catch it in open air than in an enclosed space though?

Well in an enclosed airspace the virus is always around you, it won't be escaping anytime soon where as in an open air space it is harder to catch it.

You see the adverts on the TV about flu, notice its in a lift. A space space where it can be easily picked up, same as an classroom. Same on the bus advert.

[Neil]

Not much surprised the UK is so easily effected, if you think about it it's very much easy to understand since so many people in England commute to London, people in London could go out other places, where in America you don't see so many people commuting from small states to the large ones so much, which means it'd spread a lot slower.

[GommeInc]

First of all, those 'Fireants' are only locked away for 6 hours of the day and get 2 hours of 'out and about running anywhere' at breaks and before/after school.

No cause in school if one person has it, it only takes a sneeze to spread it to A LOT of people. How many kids hands touch them tables, equitment etc.

In the city centres etc is your choice, School isn't an option. They can open schools and have the risk of teachers becoming sick, no lessons can be taught, one child getting it, then having half or more the school sick. Same for businesses.

Tvm for falling into my trap - so you agree that school is a better option, because in town centres where logically more people are around, is more of a hazard? At least when they're locked away in school and only leave to go home, the virus stays within a few areas, while in the middle of town centres that virus could spread to one person, who will go to so many locations in an hour that the virus would of spread far quicker, and with the aid of naturally un-immune children, that virus could spread even more. Besides, neither are valid options to take to stop the spread of the virus, school is a safer option where they are kept under lock and key and under constant supervision - parents won't be able to look after them when they are at work and the ill children who won't know they have it it will freely walk around the town spreading it (not that I care as it seems to be revolving around hype :/)

So, my point - fireants do more damage to themselves and only slight damage to the world around them. Either way, taking them out of school is a waste of time and won't save them from getting or not getting the virus. Why waste money putting them into education when they won't be having any of it? Stupid idea, no wonder local councils are considered stupid, the lot of 'em should be shot *glares at local borough council who doesn't know the value of money >.>*

[efq]

Tvm for falling into my trap - so you agree that school is a better option, because in town centres where logically more people are around, is more of a hazard? At least when they're locked away in school and only leave to go home, the virus stays within a few areas, while in the middle of town centres that virus could spread to one person, who will go to so many locations in an hour that the virus would of spread far quicker, and with the aid of naturally un-immune children, that virus could spread even more. Besides, neither are valid options to take to stop the spread of the virus, school is a safer option where they are kept under lock and key and under constant supervision - parents won't be able to look after them when they are at work and the ill children who won't know they have it it will freely walk around the town spreading it (not that I care as it seems to be revolving around hype :/)

So, my point - fireants do more damage to themselves and only slight damage to the world around them. Either way, taking them out of school is a waste of time and won't save them from getting or not getting the virus. Why waste money putting them into education when they won't be having any of it? Stupid idea, no wonder local councils are considered stupid, the lot of 'em should be shot *glares at local borough council who doesn't know the value of money >.>*

Erm the school you know obv are hw geeks cause I don't know many people who go home from school and stay in...