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Broader, Bolder Approach to Flu Prevention

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By Claus von Zastrow on July 9, 2009

At the H1N1 Influenza (formerly known as "Swine Flu") Summit today, just about every speaker stressed the importance of linking schools with public health systems and community services. Without such connections, they argued, we stand a slim chance of containing another flu outbreak.

Are they proposing a Broader, Bolder Approach to children's health and safety? It turns out that strong, sustained partnerships between schools and government/community resources promote national security as well as student achievement.

Click here for our list of H1N1 resources 

 

Link to this story: http://www.learningfirst.org/broader-bolder-approach-flu-prevention

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It really seems a little

Submitted by Fitzpatrick on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 10:36

It really seems a little outrageous that the authorities were at first closing schools but yet not closing the boarder to Mexico for a time that would allow containment. Eventually, they stopped closing schools as well. casino online

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I guess they can question

Submitted by vonzastrowc on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 10:47

I guess they can question what the economic and other impacts of each action would be. By the time the flu was manifesting itself in schools--in many cases because students had returned from vacations to Mexico--that genie was already out of the bottle.

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