H1N1

The bad cold and nasty coughs I got from last Sunday's heavy snow made its round within the house to Kristine and Kimberley. Kristine's reaction was not as bad as mine, and Kimberley's was even milder.

Nevertheless, because Kristine's temp went to 37.5degC (up to 38 the next day), she had to take the mandatory '8-count' and stayed home for 7 days (Cut off is 37.3degC for all school kids). Both are now back to normal. They will return to school and kinder on Wednesday.

Both have registered for flu shots at schools. Kristine will get hers on Wednesday, and Kimberley a few days later. Both have stuffed their school bags with candies and chocs for classmates who are brave for the injections. I suspect they will have the lion shares of the goodies, even before the injection just to calm their own nerves.

Since mid October, after returning from the week long National Day holidays, Kimberley's class was closed for two weeks, and a class in Kristine;s grade was closed for a week.

More face masks are now spotted in public. The flu season is kicking into high gear. Flu vaccine manufacturers listed on local stock exchanges went up some 30-50% last week.