re: Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

A few schools in my area (AZ) are closing because ~1/3 of the school population is out with flu.

re: Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

Lots and lots of school closings. I have not been listing them as it would require another thread.
Just impossible to keep up with them opening and closing, there are so many by now...

This too shall pass.

re: Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

I am praying that this wave is leveling off at my school. Absences are down just slightly, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. Saw on the news that a teacher at a nearby district died of suspected H1N1 complications. Sad and scary.

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Naperville, Illinois

http://dailyherald.com/story/?id=327522

Originally Posted by dailyherald.com

The Naperville North High School community is mourning the loss of freshman Michelle Fahle, 14, who died unexpectedly Thursday morning.

Authorities said they are unsure what caused Michelle's death but she had complained of flu-like symptoms in recent days, according to DuPage County Coroner Pete Siekmann.

Michelle was rushed early Thursday by ambulance to Edward Hospital in Naperville where doctors pronounced the teen's death.

The DuPage County Health Department is working with the Illinois Department of Public Health to test for swine flu, or H1N1 virus, as well as other possibilities, spokesman David Hass said. He expects results Friday morning.

(hat tip flutrackers/shiloh)

re: Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

Montana hasn't been very good at reporting this flu, either at the state public health level (their weekly report last week to CDC was missing) or at the newspaper level.

Today is really the first Google Alert I've seen on school closings for H1N1 swine flu this year.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/art...08004/1002/rss

It hit Billings, a major city, in the spring and then sort of faded for the summer. Friends are telling me they have it now, though. It seems to be coming late here. We'll see if this is a bump or the beginning...

re: Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

Originally Posted by phytosleuth

Montana hasn't been very good at reporting this flu, either at the state public health level (their weekly report last week to CDC was missing) or at the newspaper level.

Today is really the first Google Alert I've seen on school closings for H1N1 swine flu this year.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/art...08004/1002/rss

It hit Billings, a major city, in the spring and then sort of faded for the summer. Friends are telling me they have it now, though. It seems to be coming late here. We'll see if this is a bump or the beginning...

Schools opened in the southern states in mid to late August, and then the kids started to get sick with subsequent school closings noted. Closings have been occurring for weeks now. Perhaps we should do a thread on them for everyone to get to get a feel for just how widespread this is. I have avoided doing so just because there are so many, but it would be easy enough to do.

I think that we can expect that not every community will be equally effected either, and certainly not at the same time, thank God, because if we start seeing surges this winter, at least there could be help from other places.

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Austin, Texas

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/healt..._5_Dies_of_Flu

Originally Posted by www.myfoxaustin.com

Monday Catherine woke up with a fever showing the typical flu-like symptoms. The pediatrician told her to watch her daughter and when she woke up from a nap Tuesday unable to eat or talk, her mother took her to Dell Children's Hospital, where she says doctors told her that her daughter had the H1N1 virus.

"She was laying there and she would start crying. And I'd say it's okay, mommy's here and she didn't comprehend it. She didn't turn and look at me. I said squeeze my hand if you know that mommy's here and she wouldn't squeeze my hand."

Then on Wednesday night, Catherine died.

http://www.statesman.com/news/conten...0fludeath.html

Originally Posted by www.statesman.com

Dr. Pat Crocker, chief of emergency medicine at Dell Children's, said Catherine tested positive for the type of virus that is suspected to be swine flu and a confirmatory test is being done. Catherine had no underlying medical conditions but rapidly developed brain swelling and heart dysfunction — rare complications of the flu, Crocker said.

The hospital reported the death to the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, which said it could not comment on the case. If the H1N1 test is confirmed, it would be the fifth swine flu death in Travis County.

(hat tip pfi/homebody)

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Columbus, Ohio

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/onn...h.html?sid=102

Originally Posted by www.10tv.com

Columbus Public Health Department confirmed Friday that a 14-year-old Columbus boy died from complications of H1N1 influenza.
Jon Fowler died from complications of the virus on Thursday at Nationwide Children's Hospital, ONN affiliate WBNS-10TV News reported.

(hat tip pfi/homebody)

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Murfreesboro, Tennessee

http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4...istian+Academy

Originally Posted by www.tennessean.com

Hallee Cartwright died just before 6 a.m. Friday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, hospital officials confirmed. The cause is believed to be complications of the flu and a bacterial infection.

Officials with Vanderbilt said she had been transported from Middle Tennessee Medical Center some time earlier that morning.

“She’s one of the most loved, beautiful, loving, tender-hearted students at (Providence Christian Academy),” said Murfreesboro Realtor John C. Jones, whose son Jack was a close friend of Hallee’s. The children have attended school together for eight years. “This has devastated our school.”

(hat tip pfi/homebody)

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Albemarle County, Virginia

http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/ne...utbreak/47211/

Originally Posted by www2.dailyprogress.com

A 9-year-old Albemarle County boy who had been diagnosed with a flu-like illness died Saturday at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Carson Raymond, a third-grader at Woodbrook Elementary School, had an underlying heart condition, his parents said Sunday. It was not known over the weekend if he had the novel influenza A H1N1 strain, also known as swine flu.

Albemarle County schools spokeswoman Maury Brown said that counselors will be at Woodbrook today to help students, teachers and others cope with the grief of losing Carson.

Dr. Lilian Peake, director of the Thomas Jefferson Health District, said she could not comment on the boy’s case but did confirm that a child diagnosed with flu-like symptoms had died.

(hat tip pfi/homebody)