28th
2009...The Year of the Swine....flu, that is!
I’ll admit, I tend not to worry about things until they directly affect me. So when this whole swine flu thing came about, my reaction was: “Wow that’s scary” Pray for those affected. Shrug it off. Go back to living my life.
Well tonight, roughly three hours ago, my dad, my sister, her boyfriend, and I sat down for a nice dinner. We had the local radio on in the background and just as we’re getting up to clear our plates we hear this:
Breaking News: All schools in the New Braunfels and Comal district will be closed for the next 10 days due to reports of the swine flu.
Woah! I had planned to call my Kids Club director to let her know that I wasn’t sure when I’d be coming back. But instead, I called her to let her know that I won’t be missing anything because now Kids Club will be closed for the next 10 days. So far, no big shockers. There had been one reported case in our district so I suppose only that school needed to be shut down, but I guess they figured it’d be easier, or safer, to shut down the entire district. Ok. Cool. Whatever. So I go back to what I’m doing…get on Facebook and all down my status page was different reports of things in town being shut down/cancelled/postponed etc. Then the mayor orders that all daycare and children’s activities are shut down for the next ten days as well! Up next….Wein and Saengerfest…our town’s big summer kickoff festival….CANCELLED! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO US???
So now all schools are cancelled, all kids sports and afterschool activities are cancelled, and we’re urged not to gather in groups of more than 20, including church! What? Oh and not to mention, my nephew was planning a birthday party next weekend and now probably can’t have it! Not cool! He actually told his mother “It’s ok if no one comes to my party.” Ouch!
Our town has literally shut down within hours with just 1 reported case….while a neighboring town has had three reported cases as well as almost 30 possible cases…yet they haven’t even closed their schools!
I understand the need to play it safe, but I think our mayor needs to take just a few more breaths before he starts taking actions like this! Seriously!
In other news: Dallas is whooping the Spurs! 94-84 w/ 4:20 in the game! :(
Now back to our regularly scheduled freakout with this gem from my brother: “Facebook will now be shut down for two weeks due to the swine flu” Hehe….I love that guy :p
