5 Great Tips To Protect Yourself And Others From Swine Flu

Through the last year a small number of campus’ were closed. Although much of the fear is gone, swine flu still continues to strike. In the past month since school began there have been over 187 school closings across the country and over 79,678 students have been affected.

Government officials expect that closing schools and Child Care centers because of swine flu could carry a price tag between $10 billion and $47 billion. Obviously, the severity of the flu and the
that schools stay closed, accounts for the stark difference between the cash amounts.

Recommendations for the government recommend schools to close only as a last resort. This means that they ought to only close when large numbers of students or educators become laid up with H1N1. If schools closed that would not only affect students but also parents. Many guardians would have to miss work in order to care for their children.

Just closing D.C. schools, would carry a price tag of $65 million while Los Angeles County would cost $1.1 billion. School closures are a huge deal, particularly because school closures would affect children with parents in health care jobs. So hospital personnel would also be hurt. They would have more patients entering in with swine flu and a smaller number of workers. Doctors have recommended 5 suggestions that make it more difficult to contract H1N1.

1. Sanitize Your Hands
Continuously wash you hands. There are microorganisms all around so make sure that you are scrubbing or using hand sanitizer fairly often.

2. Stay Home
Stay home when you have any flu-like symptoms. Don’t go to school or work, otherwise you’re just spreading germs them and infecting more individuals.

3. Cover Your Mouth
Cough or sneeze inside your clothes, in a handkerchief, or in the crook of your arm. This makes it more difficult to transmit germs. Swine flu is unfortunately very infectious, so be cautious and try to keep it to yourself.

4. Stay away from Crowds
Avoid small cramped quarters with lots of people. The more people you’re around and the nearer the proximity; the more likely you are to catch swine flu.

5. See a Doctor
If you think you have swine flu get to the doctor immediately. The symptoms include high fever, body aches, coughing and sneezing. Get to a doctor if you think you’ve contracted the virus because certain types of medicines are effective against some strains of Swine Flu if taken within 36 hours of swine flu infection.

Hopefully the Swine Flu won’t get out of control and everyone can carry on with their daily activities. Even though there are vaccines for H1N1 many guardians are choosing not to have their children vaccinated. The vaccine hasn’t been out long and Americans are uneasy about it’s safety. As a result, millions of children, teenagers, adults, babies, and even older Americans may get the virus. This virus will not only cause everybody to get sick but also cost the economy billions of dollars in lost pay and time.