First off – I’d like to start calling this thing Pig Flu instead of Swine Flu. Swine Flu sounds more ominous than Pig Flu, and needlessly so. The word swine has a much stronger negative connotation than pig. Bernie Madoff is swine. That cabbie who tried to swindle you for an extra twenty that night you were super-plastered is swine. But pigs?
(photo credit: Kevin Walsh)
How cute is that piggy? How can that little guy do anything to harm me? (P.S. I’m sure that’s turkey sausage he’s about to chow down on. Kosher diet.)
So, we’ve already seen school closures in Marine Park, Bensonhurst, and elsewhere in the city due to pig flu cases. Here’s a question for the Brooklyn parents – what do you think about that? Do you think that closures with such a small percentage of cases is a necessary precaution? The scientific community seems to think so. But we don’t do that for season flu. What’s up with that?
Trick question.
You know the schools these days. Kids get sent home – and to the doctor – for the most trivial of symptoms. If someone even thinks the words “swine flu” in your child’s school, they’re shutting it down. It’s a matter of when the Great Pumpkin is coming, Sally, not if.
So the real question is: when your child’s school closes, are you ready for it? Do you know who will be staying home with the kids? Can you stay home from work? Can a relative do it?
Are you going to wait until the day it happens to make your plans, or are you going to do it right now?
I’m just sayin’.
Related: CDC H1N1 Flu General Information
Updated: Just to be clear, I am not doubting the body of evidence from the scientific community that H1N1 poses a threat to the general population. I’m trying to drive home the point that the DOE doesn’t really exercise any sort of judgment. They always go for the CYA course of action to the point of being ridiculous about it.
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