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It’s hard to decide how to handle the ever-present problems with the flu in schools. However, if you have a child who catches the flu and then recuperates only to return to school and catch the flu again, then it’s time to talk to some of the school officials.

Flu outbreaks affect everyone. There’s not a lot anyone can do to prevent the flu outside of taking the flu vaccine. If you don’t take the vaccine that you can’t be too surprised when you end up with the flu. However, the vaccine isn’t recommended for school-aged children under most circumstances so what do you do when the flu strikes more than once?

With flu vaccines encouraged for those individuals over 50 years old, many people feel like there is another group which should be vaccinated as well. School children repeatedly attacked by the flu often wish they had gotten the flu shot but usually the family physician didn’t recommend it so one wasn’t given to the child.

Schools across the world will often run into a series of cases of the flu and if you know that you are sending a well child back to school and then have a sick child returned to you, you need to insist that the school begin to take preventative measures.

Notes to parents in regards to the flu being present in the school can be helpful if the note home will inform parents of the warning signs. Encourage your daughter or son’s teacher and other school officials to advise parents to keep their children home once the flu hits so that the wide-spread flu can be contained at home and children stricken with the flu will be ensured of the opportunity to make a full recovery.

Flu outbreaks can always be lessened if smart adults will step forward and advise others of smart ways to handle the brewing epidemic of the flu. Keep your child well and several others just by staying on top of the situation. If school officials haven’t noticed the problem then you should bring it to their attention.