CDC recommends School Closings

Since schools are the focus of many of the outbreaks, the CDC has issued new recommendations for school closings.

The CDC is now officially recommending that all schools that are experiencing swine flu infections close. The CDC has determined that children seem to be experiencing worse symptoms than adults and since schools are one of the main ways that the virus is spread they decided that it is best that all schools that have infected students should close.

The CDC also recommend that these schools with swine infections close for at least 2 weeks as opposed to 1, since children seem to take long to get over the virus.

Officials announced Friday that there have now been over 400 school closings that have nearly a quarter of a million students out of regularly schedule school.