schools no longer closing??

Schools are apparently no longer closing because of the swine flu, that despite the advice the government gave about doing so, they are now telling us there is no need. these people need to make up their mind!! we need to know is it a yes or a no?

The government last week advised schools to shut down for about two weeks
if there were suspected cases of swine flu. Hundreds of schools around the
country have followed that guidance and closed schools.

I heard about this from where i live in houston. my brother's middle school was shutting down, not because someone actually had the swine flu, but because it was in the area and some one could catch it. it turns out the swine flu has turned out to be milder than it was said to be.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the swine flu virus
had turned out to be milder than feared and the government decided to change its
advice. So far, the virus has not proved to be more infectious or deadly than
the seasonal flu.

With these children out of school, think of the problems it creates for the parents. yes it is a mini vacation for the students, but for some parents they cannot take off of work just so they can babysit.

As the threat seemed to diminish, health officials also considered the
problems the closings were creating for parents, Besser said. Officials were
hearing about children getting dropped off at libraries, or parents who
couldn't take sick leave to care for their children.

I say just let the children go back to school if they are NOT sick with the flu. if they are they should stay home, but if not they should return to school to take the burden off of their parents. just make sure they practice good hygine so they are less likely to catch the flu from another child.

In the new guidance, the CDC recommends that when children or school staff are sick, they stay home. Those who do go to school should practice good hygiene — like coughing into their sleeve or shoulder instead of their hands or the air, and washing their hands well and often.

Swine Flu could be more dangerous than it already is?

Alot of countries in the southern hemisphere have escaped the flu for now but as winter approaches, they will be more at risk.
The worst hit areas such as Mexico, the United States, Canada and countries in Europe, have been in the northern hemisphere. These areas are now heading into summer, and the south of the equator is getting cooler.

"The highest peaks of influenza activity occur in winter," said Raina
MacIntyre, head of the University of New South Wales' School of Public Health and Community Medicine. "For us in the southern hemisphere, it's particularly concerning."

They say the flu spreads more easily in the winter time, and a virus is most likey to hop from one person to another. What if the regular flu some how collided with the swine flu? What will this create? And how dangerous could it be?

Experts also warn that regular flu that typically spreads in winter may collide with swine flu and recombine to make it more transmissible or more dangerous.

I think since winter is coming to the southern hemisphere, doctors should be prepared on what could happen. they should start making vaccines and giving them out. and even though there is no record of an outbreak of swine flu over there they should be prepared and ready for what could come their way.

"Winter is coming in the southern hemisphere and governments have to step up their actions to protect their populations, especially in the absence of a (swine flu vaccine," he said. "We have a concern there might be some sort of reassortment and that's something we'll be paying special attention to."

Lets hope that by the time it reaches the southern hemisphere they are ready and willing to tackle this nasty virus.

hough to hangup dancing shoes

We have all heard of Jullianne Hough of Dancing with the Stars, she has been on the show for eight seasons now but she is deciding to take a break from the show next season..hopefully to work on her music? well see.

After the pro dancer and her beau Chuck Wicks were eliminated from the DWTS competition on Tuesday, Hough announced that she wont be coming back to the ballroom for the ninth season of the ABC show.

Hough who is an new country music star, and released her first album last year, always planned on taking a break. i think she will take this time too focus on her music carreer and spend time with her dancing partner and country music star boyfriend Chuck Wicks. Maybe this time away from the show will boost her status as a country singer and not just as a dancer. We'll see what happens....

swine flu claims a life

We have all heard about this swine flu pandemic, and now it has taken a life of a child.

The 23-month-old child had traveled with family from Mexico to south Texas, where he was hospitalized late Monday and later died, a health official in Houston confirmed.

this young child from texas is the first U.S fatality from the illness that has hit countries arounf the globe. a lot has been done to stem the pandemic. President Barrack Obama asked for over a billion dollars in emergency aid from Congress to bulid drug stockpile, and moitor cases.

But mexico is still the hardest hit from this pandemic. with alot of death and people sickened with the virus. the death toll is to be said as "more or less stable."

Talented Tots

You wont believe this story i found.

Im am not a big fan of reality shows but when i saw this i was just amazed of how talented these children were.

But then these contestants open their mouths and sing, sing, SING...and the judges put on Emmy-worthy acting performances (or whatever the equivalent of the Emmy is over in the U.K.), bugging their eyes out, dropping their jaws to the floor, and pretending that they had no idea that the Brit before them actually had talent until this very televised moment.

I was skeptial at first on watching this type of show, but i had heard of Susan Boyle and i felt the same way about her, i thought of her as just an ordinary woman, trying her chances on fame. But then i viewed her performance and was amazed! so i decided why not...i should look at these kids too and see what all the hype is about.

And to my amazement i was at the loss of words, i couldnt believe that the voices i was hearing was coming out of these little people's mouth. i was absoulely shocked and surprised. It just shows you that you should never judge before taking a look at something for yourself, because you might be wrong.