One of the nurses in my school system said that she thinks that some parents are giving their kids fever-reducers (tylenol etc/)...in the morning to lower the fever so the kids are allowed in school. They possibly do not have or cannot afford the xtra child-care nor can they afford to stay home themselves with their child. Meanwhile a potentially H1N1 infected child is circulating with the rest of the students. Our schools are forcing kids home with any type of fever.

So the questions in my mind....

How long does the bug survive once it's airborne? ie: someone sneezes touches the doorknob....
I was told, it dies when it dries... but does it reactivate once moistened?

Will this be a problem every year from now on?

Will the strain change from year to year, thus making us all vulnerable once again, even if we caught the first strain?

Where does it go in the summer?

Jimmy, like you.....we were ALL sick in my house, total of 5 weeks, it seemed to keep floating around from person to person. Me nor my wife got tested, but the little guy did....and the results were negative. ???? But our symptoms were definitely FLU - LIKE.
fever/body pain/cough/sore-throat....and now SINUS problems.

Good Luck staying healthy everyone.

sorry to hear 5/0. hope you heal up soon.
Bloocrab - my doc told us that the flu test is only 50% accurate. Its sounds like your son had it but it came back negative, sounds like an issue with the test.
Wife and kids are back to normal, I somehow avoided the whole mess.

Jimmy,

It's funny you should mention the accuracy of the test.

When they gave my wife the results from my son's test, they said "he has a 70% chance of not having it".....I obviously wasn't happy in hearing that and questioned this "70%" thing to my wife as I was not present during her visit. I guess I owe her an apology. :smash:

That is disappointing though, one would think they can confirm Yes or No......not maybe.

Just got back from Maine. MY son had a fever and bad chest cough first 2 days. !00 miles of dirt road to the docs and and had swine. No deer to boot