New school year postponed ?
 

Gents

Any news on this ?

Gulfnews: H1N1 fears may set school opening back


The government want to postpone the beginning of new school year till November. Decision will be done in 2 weeks, but school will start in one week.

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What are the news from your school ...

What is the point ?
If kids are not in school , they are hanging out together , going to malls etc , how is it NOT going to spread ?
Despite all the public notices etc everybody still needs to shake hands / kiss cheeks etc , nothing changes .
Bring it on , its going to happen anyway.

They probably just want to wait and see how many families are coming back after Eid :ooh: and if its worth to start a new school year with the two kids per class :eek:

And besides, this H1N1 influenza is not normally as potent as many other strains...just more of it around.
Looking at the USA as one indicator, 36,000 die of flu every year, on average.
According to the CDC, it is unlikely to change much this time around.
Of course, it's panic-stations with many...start school and let it happen, as it will anyway.
Many schools now in the USA have hired extra folks to scrub down desks, railings, tables, chairs etc nightly in the hope that the poor little dears don't start dropping like flys.:rolleyes:

411A,
What is wrong with you? You certainly can't have small kids in school this year. Do get some help.

I agree with 411A.....why is everyone getting so hysterical about a strain of 'flu which is no worse than any other.....yet another example of the media creating the news!

Becauase as usual it's the mis-informed, un-informed, un-educated making the decisions. 411A, spot on. :}

EXACTLY! Panic, hysteria and make-themselves-importants.

I wonder if those people who won't send their kids to school anymore have also never taken one of Abu Dhabis "Golden Taxis"?

What will come, will come. Did you never touch a water-tap, shake hands with somebody, sit on the seat of a train, breathe the air inside a closed building, drink from a can, or even pat your sweet little dog on the head?

H1N1 may be dangerous, but so are millions of other viruses all around us all the time. If you want to be 100% safe, stop breathing.

Schibulsky, good point. Like everytime :ok:

But for me is interesting: School year starts at 06SEP, the decision will be done in 2 weeks. Do they wanna close only the national schools ? Does anyone got an info from their school ?

Funny country, now the jump on the train.....:ugh:

I am with you Nightfire.

How many people die every year as a result of common flu? Exactly....

How many people die every years in car accidents? Exactly......

Common sense, pahleeseee

MADNESS!

The Swine Flu information page on the St Christopher's school website in Bahrain is most amusing - it has a list of requirements set out by the Govt of Bahrain and the responses from the school itself.

Interesting to hear how your part of the world is coping.

New Zealand is coming out of winter and as such out of the main flu season.
Back in mid June we like Aus had a rapid and unrestrainable escalation in swine flu.

Response was switched from isolation of individuals to management/containment.
Basically stay at home
Ring the GP – don’t go into his surgery
Specific swine flu centers were set up to cope as primary point of assessment if needed.
Education campaigns were prevalent re wash hands/alcohol cleanser/masks provided outside many businesses/organizations point of entry.
Occasional schools were closed for a week to break a cycle of contact.

The effectiveness of these measures is obviously hard to quantify.
Intensive care units at hospitals were significantly busier at what is already a peak time.
Significant numbers of people (@3060 confirmed however possibly 20 thousand+ more unreported) are suspected to have contracted the swine flu and although worse than a normal dose coped in the normal manner at home.
(NZ population @ 4mil)
Young people and those with underlying conditions were more susceptible (finally an advantage in all those candles!!!)
The flu seems to affect the respiratory system more.
Deaths were recorded @26 with +ve test of virus and 13 more maybe’s.
Concerning was a small number of these that had no previous issues.

The lessons:

• Very lucky H1N1 doesn’t seem to have the horse power initially suspected.
• Oh what a small place the world is now
• Our beloved silver budgies are the modern day mosquito
• For what it’s worth on my “news paper /page number/hysteria rating”

I estimate at the June peak it was page 1 for a mere 2-3 weeks; page 3-5 for the same and now mostly AWOL and business as usual.

• Similar to reading about 7-10% unemployment- it doesn’t seem to matter until its 100% YOU!!!
• We are all the better for a practice run cos next time??????
• And if so –aviation---oops!!!

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The best thing I've read today!

TOGA! I'm in!! :ok::D

4HP

Can't you block 411A from the ME forum please.

For once I find myself agreeing with 411A......I must be sick...maybe it's swine-flu! :}

Saying that, I'm surprised his post didn't claim that sitting in a TriStar cures swine-flu and all other known ailments. :E

Nothing wrong with 411a's post this time. Carry on...

EGGW

More likely to die in a half-dead Tristar than you are of swine flu:}

Maybe...or a rear ender from a local...and not from a car or SUV.:}