Michael Merritt
While I don't approve of scaremongering, there appears to actually be some necessity for this move.
While I don't know if H1N1 has been confirmed as the cause yet, one school in my state had 40% of its students out last Friday.
And even though the common consensus appears to be that H1N1 is no worse than the usual flu, it does appear to be spreading at least somewhat quickly.
As CS says, here is a situation where preparing now is better than having a "heck of a job, Brownie" scenario later.
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