Well, the local paper says two suspected cases are in my county.

He said the majority of the people who are suspected of having the virus in North Carolina had traveled to Mexico recently. None of them have been hospitalized and all have been asked to stay home, Engel said. Testing confirming the suspect cases could come as early as Wednesday, he said.

Wednesday is too late. I know know how other states are, but they need to get results of this waaayyy faster. I will talk with her dad later tonight about what to do about school.

I have read a few of the comments posted til now and I am feeling alot better about my decision to keep my children home today and likely for the rest of the week. I live in Orangevale, Ca. We are the city bordering Fair Oaks which is where the school is located (2 miles from my home) with the 3 confirmed cases as of today. These kids were sent to school with a fever and sent home. Our local little league has cancelled all practices and games until further notice. This should tell you something. Let me get to the point I want to make. My 7 year old is STAR testing this week and I didnt want to take her to school. She was so upset with me because they have been gearing them up for this for weeks and she could not stand the thought of not testing. So, I took her to school this morning and told her teacher that she would be picked up this morning as soon as they were done testing. Her teacher said she would feel the same and she understood. Then, I stopped off at the office and talked for a minute with one of the staff members, she tore me up and down about how we are too paranoid and freaking out and so much more. I walked out feeling like a horrible parent because she also informed me that she thought we were damaging our children by putting fear in them. I really felt bad. But, now that i have read some of these comments, like I said earlier, I feel better and feel like I am going to follow through with my first instincts. Thank You for making this clear to me. I didnt want to think it was about the money but in Californias current state with the schools I cant help but think that that is exactly what it is about. Oh, by the way, she did mention that the schools would be losing money. I am going back to get my baby in a few minutes and going to stand my ground as a concerned (not paranoid) parent. God Bless.

I sent my son back in to school today, he was running a slight fever, stomache ache and headache yesterday so I kept him home. He got lot's of rest, chicken soup and gingerale, and was back at school this morning.

I'm keeping an eye out for our local area due to the fact that we are within 2 hrs of NYC and 1 1/2 of Philly, 3 hrs of Wash. DC, and lot's of our neighbors commute to these Cities. Our local Dept. of Health is waiting for the calls, and they have already started screening in our area for this Flu. The local hospitals said they would even put up temporary testing facilities if it was warranted.

It's not something I'm panicking over, I'm just keepin my "MOM EYES" on all right now.

A_L

I little off topic, but this Reminds me of what happened a few days PRIOR to KATRINA. Do ya'll remember when the weather News told people to Leave New Orleans because a Major Hurricane was about to hit?

and, many people REFUSED to leave because they didnt take it seriously enough until it was too late?

Why take a chance?

Just dropped off my son at middle school...we were a few minutes late. The school was completely locked and the teacher parking lot was at about half the norm. School was in session. The principal was at the front door to let late kids in. She blankly waved.
I think that what we have here in my rural area of VA is precipitous fear.
Therefore, I will not jeopardize the health and well being of my son....physically nor
psychologically. We have been discussing this flu episode nightly. He is relatively calm about it. Hopefully, he shall remain so.
If the local situation escalates, No, he will not go to school. He can go to work with me
whenever necessary. My responsibility is his welfare.....during and most assuredly, outside of school. I am his parent...not the public school system !!!!


Peace...