Strollerderby

You are being silly.

I work in a library near one of the infection sites and my daughter is in a daycare a block from me, I'm not panicking, but I am washing my hands a lot more than before.  

I'm definitly nervous though.

In the States, so far at least it's no worse than getting the regular flu.  So unless you panic about that too, you're being silly panicking about the swine flu.

You are NOT being silly.  Maybe a hang nail does not equal a brain tumor (little silly) but I don't see why if there's fever and one or the other of the other symptoms you can't just call the Dr. ans ask what she thinks and get that little stick thing shoved up your nose and be done with it.  I think rushing to the ER or calling 911 seems silly.

I'm worried because 90% of my son's schoolmates are Mexican immigrants, many of them travel back and forth to Mexico. While I'm not taking out of school yet, I am more aprehensive than if he didn't have contact with people who could potentially be infected by travellers from Mexico.

That picture is so cute!

Not worried. I read this, which I thought puts some perspective on the matter

www.thegoodhuman.com/.../swine-flu-should-be-the-least-of-our-concerns

Look at it this way: if the piggy flu kills us all, we won't have to worry about economic collapse.  

(And you're not being silly.  I don't think being concerned for the health and well-being of our children is ever silly.   Just don't worry yourself sick because as if now, this is no big thing.)

What Knitty said :)

I'm worried as a mom because children are most affected by this infectious disease - Swine Flu and the fact that when it comes to infectious diseases outbreaks, the most vulnerable are the young, the elderly and the sick.

I'm a worrier too -- but it's interesting to me that people are so concerned about swine flu.  The regular old flu kills an awful lot of people each year, and it doesn't cause widespread panic (maybe it should?).  Anyway, the CDC has a good Web site with info that seems to be updated pretty regularly with the latest on swine flu:  http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

my daughter went to mexico a few weeks ago and goes to a predominantly mexican american school, so im a little concerned.  

jeezus im sure scared i visited this site looking for advice im scottish 14 cases confirmed here were close to a site and im very scared i told my 49 year old dad to lock all the windows and doors oh man im scared.

God,I Am Tarvelling with 2 Kids To The States For A Vacation & It's Awfully Scaring Me