Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Swine Flu (H1N1) -- Something good...

Has something good come from the Swine Flu outbreak (yes I'm still calling it Swine Flu instead of H1N1)? Last week I got an email from a friend. He just got back from a week in Florida and apparently picked up something while either there or on the flight back. The first day back at work chills, headache and fever developed. The next day at work (not sure why he went to work the next day with a fever), new symptoms began to develop: vomiting, dizziness and sore throat. His boss actually drove him home as he did not want the others exposed to it.

Like I said in the beginning of this post...Has something good come from the Swine Flu outbreak? It is now not okay to go to school or work with obvious infectious symptoms. Before this, it seemed it was okay to pass around something that was as unpleasant as vomiting! and diarrhea! Who ever heard of schools closing because of sicknesses? I think it is about time, when someone has fever, diarrhea, vomiting, sore throat or obvious cold/flu symptoms, that they stay home so as not to infect everyone else!

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