Swine Flu shuts down 3 schools, leaves asst. principal in critical condition

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New York City has closed three schools in response to a swine flu outbreak that has left an assistant principal in critical condition and sent hundreds of children home with flu symptoms, in a flare-up of the virus that caused such concern around the world last month.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) said four students and the assistant principal have documented cases of the H1N1 flu at a Queens middle school. More than 50 students at the school have gone home sick with flulike symptoms, he said. At another Queens middle school, 241 students were absent Thursday. Dozens more were sick at an elementary school.

The health department said the assistant principal from the Susan B. Anthony middle school is on a ventilator, marking the most severe illness in the city from swine flu to date. The students who have fallen ill in this latest surge of illness appear to be experiencing mild symptoms, similar to routine flu.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...9051404048.html

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[Peikko 1,575]

I thought they stopped closing schools because the symptoms were mostly like the common flu? That's the guidelines I got for SoCal anyway...

[jundp 191]

We got the same guidelines in Seattle...

[mawilson 2,133]

For your next vacation, don't go to Queens.