Swine flu

The heads of different government possisions including Obama have decided to keep schools open if the swine flu hits. They said that they should only close the schools if they can not function or if the swine flu mutates into a more deadly virus. They know that last spring the swine flu infected 800,000 people but if they knew then what they know now it wouldnt have been as big an epidemic. The experts say that the swine flu isnt any different then the normal seasonal flus that are around. The professionals know that school inevitably are going to still close down but they say that it will cause a social disruption if they do. They know that the schools with pregnant teens and kids with lung dissabilities will probably have to close to keep them safe from the virus but some communities are using reactive dissmissals. This means closing the school if there is excessive absenteeism, if large numbers of kids are visiting the school health office, if the school isn't able to keep sick people out, if they cant maintain school functions, should also cancel school-related mass gatherings.