Official Flu Pandemic Prevention in SA thread (merged threads) (San Antonio: safety, education)

[nicholasa101]

Originally Posted by djw

I asked my NISD child if the teachers had said anything about it today and he said no, but that he'd heard talk about it. Seems if they were being "extra diligent", as that memo states, there would have been reminders about the preventative measures, etc...

Same thing here- I asked all three of my kids if the school talked about it at all, they said no-but their friends talked about it---can you imagine the exaggeration of those conversations...

[Shock]

my sister works at humana. she said they sent everybody home while they disinfect the whole building because supposedly 2 people there have swine flu... surely not confirmed because i haven't seen anything on this yet.

[Paka]

Here is the story:

Humana building closed due to possible swine flu exposure | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News

[Austin Newby]

My Dad was at the VA hospital today getting his chemo port put in and said they were handing out face masks to people who came into the hospital. I wonder if other hospitals are doing the same in San Antonio?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Austin Newby

My Dad was at the VA hospital today getting his chemo port put in and said they were handing out face masks to people who came into the hospital. I wonder if other hospitals are doing the same in San Antonio?

That just sounds prudent in case someone does come in with possible swine flu..wouldn't want them infecting the rest of the patients in the hospital.

[2Blonde]

We just received an Auto-Call from Comal ISD telling us that All Comal ISD schools & all New Braunfels ISD schools are closed until at least Monday. They said there are 3 highly probable cases and many more pending cases that they expect to be positive. I'm not sure if they meant Monday the 4th or the 11th. I could swear I heard both in the message but it's not up yet on the website.

[2Blonde]

They just updated the website.

Originally Posted by Comal ISD Website

It is the recommendation of the Comal County Health Department that Comal ISD close all of its schools beginning Wednesday, April 29th until Monday, May 11. Please look under “News and Events” on the Comal ISD website home page for more details.

[Bowie]

For the benefit of folks seeking the latest information on the flu situation in the San Antonio area, please reserve this thread for current events related to the swine flu in the San Antonio area.

You're welcome to use this forum's off-topic thread, this thread in the General US forum or flu threads in the Politics and Other Controversies forum to discuss the flu in general. 23 posts in this thread that were discussing the flu without a local connection have been moved to the off-topic thread.

Future posts that don't discuss the local situation will be moved to the off-topic thread.

[01Snake]

So how many of these people simply have your everyday flu? Sounds like some serious knee-jerk reactions to me.

[wCat]

Originally Posted by Austin Newby

My Dad was at the VA hospital today getting his chemo port put in and said they were handing out face masks to people who came into the hospital. I wonder if other hospitals are doing the same in San Antonio?

Had to make a visit to the trauma follow up clinic today at University Hospital. They share the waiting area with the walkin express med clinic. It was like a can of sardines. Maybe 50-70 people there (as usual) ....many coughing and sick but we only saw about six people wearing masks. Not including us! They were easily available and in sight on the counter.