I told ya'll... Oooee. I told ya'll so... Carry hand sanitizer and stay away from those little kids... and Mexicans (I know its wrong and I felt bad saying it but what can you do?)
A student at Audubon Charter School in Uptown New Orleans has been confirmed as a case of the swine flu, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Sunday.
There are six other confirmed cases in Louisiana of the swine flu, which has spread to 18 countries around the world. Five of them are from the same school in Lafayette; the sixth case is in Ascension Parish. Click to see story about the worldwide spread of the disease.
Audubon Charter announced today that it will close Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as a result of the confirmed case of the swine flu. It will reopen on Thursday.
The state got results on nine of the samples it sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Two of the cases -- one in St. Tammany Parish and the other in St. Martin Parish -- came back negative, state officials said.
The state is still awaiting the results of testing on 16 other samples it sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Those include cases in St. Landry, Iberia and Beauregard parishes as well as 12 other cases from Lafayette Parish.
None of the seven confirmed cases required hospitalization. All seven people are being treated at home on antiviral medication, state officials said.
The 8-year-old Audubon student was identified as a possible case of swine flu last week at a Tulane University clinic. The state's Office of Public Health alerted school administrators Thursday evening, said Alisa Dupre, the school's operations manager. The school responded quickly, sending the news out to parents Thursday night via phone calls, e-mails and text alerts.
Fears of the flu -- also known as the H1N1 flu -- prompted many parents to keep their children home Friday, with attendance at the school at around 50 percent, Dupre said.
Dupre said she did not know when the boy last attended school. He is in either the second or third grade and attended classes with about 400 other students at the school's campus at 428 Broadway.
Tulane spokesman Mark Romig said Dr. Rade Pejic saw the boy and performed a rapid swab test at the clinic. It came up negative for both influenza Types A and B, but the boy was exhibiting flu-like symptoms and had been around people who were recently in Mexico, where the swine flu epidemic has been most intense.
The doctor sent the sample along to the state lab out of an abundance of caution, Romig said.
Man... this flu ain't messing up my end of the year fun damnit!!!! Fuck you flu!!!!! oh shit... I think I have a slight fever... Oh god.
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Miss Xquisite
