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H1N1 Flu and Your Program
November 4, 2009
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
-Marian Wright Edelman, author and founder of Children’s Defense Fund
-Marian Wright Edelman, author and founder of Children’s Defense Fund
The federal government has a web site offering "Guidance on Helping Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Respond to Influenza during the 2009-2010 Influenza Season." In part, this site advises...
"Children less than 5 years of age are at increased risk of complications from influenza (flu); the risk is greater among children less than 2 years old. Importantly, infants less than 6 months of age represent a particularly vulnerable group because they are too young to receive the seasonal or 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine; as a result, individuals responsible for caring for these children constitute a high-priority group for early vaccination. Influenza vaccination is the primary means of preventing flu. Additionally, infection control measures are recommended to reduce the spread of flu. However, early childhood settings present unique challenges for infection control due to the highly vulnerable population, close interpersonal contact, shared toys and other objects, and limited ability of young children to understand or practice good respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene. Thus, parents, early childhood providers, and public health officials should be aware that, even under the best of circumstances, transmission of infectious diseases such as flu cannot be completely prevented in early childhood or other settings. No policy can keep everyone who is potentially infectious out of these settings."
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Displaying All 3 CommentsCity college of SF
San Francisco, California, United States
We had one family of three siblings who all were sick with the swine flu, the girl enrolled in our program was out for about 8 days. The same day she got sick 2 staff got sick, our cook and myself...since the cook is elderly she was out for 3 weeks, I was out for 2 days since part of the time was over the weekend. All recovered well...
Riviera Presby Church
Miami, FL, United States
In Miami, FL doctors are no longer testing for H1N1. If you come in with flu like symptoms, it is assumed you have H1N1 and are being treated as such. People are only being tested once they are hospitalized or dead. Whoa!! So, we have had one case of Swine flu (tested) and three cases of "flu-like symptoms."
The American School Foundation of Guadalajara, A.C.
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Dear Friends,
Mexico is in North America but it's not on your list for registering cases of H1N1.
Oops, tina
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