Yikes, some 180 Pius X students are out with flu right now. That's approaching 20% of the school's population. Judging by the illness's rapid spread it's probably H1N1 (nee swine flu), but in most cases that diagnosis hasn't been confirmed by lab tests.
So what now? I guess we just hold on tight and wait for this thing to make its way through the city. This particular brand of flu seems to get its oomph not from being particularly deadly, but through its contagiousness. That's sort of good news, except that it means lots of us are going to be miserable at some point, and the sheer numbers involved mean lots of people will still die even if the overall mortality rate is low.
Pius X likely isn't the only place in town being hit hard by illness right now. Is your workplace / school / facility seeing a higher-than-normal incidence of illness these days?
Is it just a coincidence that I'm in the midst of a sneezing fit while writing this post?
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