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Swine Flu - Should schools re-open or not ?

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  • 09-08-2009 9:18pm
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    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭


    With all the recent Swine Flu media and now todays story of an Irish language college in the Donegal Gaeltacht closing temporarily because of an outbreak of swine flu among students, do you think schools should re-open or not ?

    Swine Flu - Should schools re-open or not ? 25 votes

    No, schools should stay closed
    0% 0 votes
    Yes, schools should re-open as normal
    100% 25 votes


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    Doyler92
    Registered Users Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭Doyler92


    No they shouldn't open because I'm still in school.
    Honestly though yes. If a student has swine flu they should remain isolated.


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    Four-Percent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭Four-Percent


    Who the hell puts "No" as the first option in a poll?

    Are you on drugs?


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    Overheal
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    Any kind of outbreak of anything, you really ought to close down. In Florida your common risk of outbreak usually comes from headlice. Similarly up the north your greater risk is from influenza. In both cases though the individual students would be sent home. Im guessing in this schools case they panicked before determining if there was a threat of outbreak or not: all they need maybe to have done was sent the ill kids home.


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    Halla Basin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 316 ✭✭Halla Basin


    You guys aren't considering the magic of caring!


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    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    Four-Percent wrote: »
    Who the hell puts "No" as the first option in a poll?

    Are you on drugs?
    I guess the Tamiflu is affecting my mind :P


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    Sir Molle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 407 ✭✭Sir Molle


    LETS QUARANTINE THE WHOLE COUNTRY SO WE DONT ALL GET SOME MOSTLY HARMLESS FLU ITS A AMERGENCY



    good idea...


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    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Honest answer: No, I've had it; no big deal.. no need tbh

    With the Vested Interest of being at school: YESSSS... WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE. 2 MONTHS EXTRA HOLIDAY WOOO etc.


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    Purple Gorilla
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    I'm heading into 5th year so automatically no


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    Halla Basin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 316 ✭✭Halla Basin


    Purple Gorilla wrote: »
    I'm heading into 5th year so automatically no

    It's not just about you, dood


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    nayorleck114
    Closed Accounts Posts: 224 ✭✭nayorleck114


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    With all the recent Swine Flu media and now todays story of an Irish language college in the Donegal Gaeltacht closing temporarily because of an outbreak of swine flu among students, do you think schools should re-open or not ?

    It does not matter, if a school has an outbreak parents will just keep their kids at home. Open or not would you risk you childs health? I wouldn't.

    The Swine flu may be nothing more than the common flu, however media has given it such profile that nobody now wants to take risks.


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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    How many times do people need to be told it's the same (or milder) then normal flu ?


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    Purple Gorilla
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    Halla Basin wrote: »
    It's not just about you, dood
    I know. It's about he 1200 other people in my school who don't want to go back either


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    rubadub
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    nayorleck114 wrote: »
    It does not matter, if a school has an outbreak parents will just keep their kids at home. Open or not would you risk you childs health? I wouldn't.
    Are parents allowed decide if a kid can go to school or not? The closing would force them to keep them home and so families where both parents work would have an easier time explaining to employees why they are not in work.
    nayorleck114 wrote: »
    The Swine flu may be nothing more than the common flu
    Yes, but the common flu is not that common at all, I wonder how many people have ever had the flu in their life. I never have had it, yet have heard lots of people tell me I did (when I had a cold). This comparing to the "common flu" only serves to lessen peoples idea about it, since most people think the common flu is a slight cough and runny nose.


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    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    nayorleck114 wrote: »
    It does not matter, if a school has an outbreak parents will just keep their kids at home. Open or not would you risk you childs health? I wouldn't.
    Me neither.
    nayorleck114 wrote: »
    The Swine flu may be nothing more than the common flu, however media has given it such profile that nobody now wants to take risks.
    That is true.


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    nayorleck114
    Closed Accounts Posts: 224 ✭✭nayorleck114


    jhegarty wrote: »
    How many times do people need to be told it's the same (or milder) then normal flu ?

    Yes, but it still kills mainly young people. Would you chance your children getting it?>


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    Halla Basin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 316 ✭✭Halla Basin


    Purple Gorilla wrote: »
    I know. It's about he 1200 other people in my school who don't want to go back either

    Yeah.. Well... My name is more original than yours


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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    nayorleck114 wrote: »
    Yes, but it still kills mainly young people. Would you chance your children getting it?>

    So do school buses, and we still use those.


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,162 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Move to parenting forum....??

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    Purple Gorilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 865 ✭✭✭Purple Gorilla


    Halla Basin wrote: »
    Yeah.. Well... My name is more original than yours
    Mines at least 3 times better. I therefore win.

    Play him off keyboard cat
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ


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