With classes back in session, flu cases, including the H1N1 variety, are already showing up on Baldwin County public and private school campuses, educators said Tuesday.
On Monday, a parent called St. Patrick Catholic School in Robertsdale to report that one student had been confirmed by a doctor as having the H1N1 variety, commonly known as swine flu, said Sister Margaret Harte, school principal.
Several students have also been diagnosed with the flu strain in public schools, said Terry Wilhite, Baldwin County Board of Education spokesman. Wilhite said he could not confirm how many cases had been reported. “It’s less than a dozen over (system’s) 45 schools,” he said
Parents should be told if a student at their child’s school has swine flu. Parents have a right to know if they are exposing their children to this disease when they send them off to school in the morning. Why won’t the school system release a list of school with confirmed cases?
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The news media is trying to get parents in a panic but I think most of us aren’t falling for it. I’ve never seen so much sensationalism in my life or wait. Don’t we see that all the time with what ever the story of the day is? I appreciate my school sending me notices by phone and the Notify deal.
Why don’t they report what schools have it and what schools don’t? Same reasons my neighbors aren’t you can just bank on the fact they’ll all get it before it’s over with. Will be time for the pink medicine.
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