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How will Swine Flu affect the day to day operation of your daycare centre?
Here is a link for public health information re: Swine Flu: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/swine-porcine/fs-fr_swine-eng.php
Have you posted warning signs on your doors? Are you excluding children with flu symptoms?
We are taking all precautions necessary!
Anyone still have their signs posted? This has sort of dropped off the radar at our centre. Despite the fact that there were cases in our town. Anyone else still on high alert?
We're in full swine flu mode right now. There is one case at the centre and the feeder school for our after school program has a ton off sick.
We have signs posted and daily disinfection. We have an isolation plan in case someone spikes a fever in our care.
How have you been handling things?
We had about two weeks of frenzied fevers and runny noses...all seems to have calmed down now. I personally don't want to get the shot...have you read some of the ingredients included in the vaccine? Scary stuff!
Were any daycares forcing employee's to get the shot? I used to work at a centre that required staff get the seasonal flu vaccine.