I can’t believe it. The San Ramon Valley School District closed Coyote Creek Elementary School in San Ramon due to a potential case of swine flu. My 10 year old daughter goes there. These things always seem so weird when they hit so close to home.
My opinion? This is overreaction to press driven drama. If the CDC and WHO’s figures were being objectively reported by the press, the 13,000 deaths from seasonal flu already reported in the US since January 2009 would have us bathing in Purell by now. The overcautious state of school districts in the US is getting ridiculous too. What’s worse is that their caution is not focused on the children, it is focused on their fear of litigation.
While we’re on it, what ever happened to the doom-mongers and the bird flu? I though by now that Anderson Cooper would have us all dead by now.
America (and the world at large) needs to grow up and drive some accountability from the press. The press is always after someone’s head with no regard to the implication of their wild goose chases. How about a congressional hearing for CBS NBC CNN and ABC instead of the big three auto makers? How about the press pay for computer based training for my kids’ school while they are incubated at home next week?
The Internet killed the trade show, then the newspaper, I long for the day the Intenret kills the press. Let the ebb and flow of the blogging community self correct the ridiculous state of mass hysteria.
Gotta roll – off to develop a curriculum for my kid next week.
