Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Get Ready for the Flu

We know that the H1N1 flu will probably rear its ugly head again this fall as children go back to school and share germs. The Colorado Department of Health has recently posted some guidance for schools and some of the information is worth noting for home child care providers. You can find the flu website at: http://www.flu.gov/. At that website you can find valuable information about stopping the spread of the flu and an article about caring for those with the flu: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance_homecare.htm.

When I took my son to the pediatrician last week, he said that there will likely be two flu shots offered this fall, one for H1N1 and one for the seasonal flu. I am just hoping that the flu season will turn out to be less of an epidemic than predicted!

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