Swine flu reaction softening?

The state health department's guidelines for dealing with swine flu have evolved many times over the past week, and are now starting to relax:

Saying "the world looks very different today than a week ago," Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Sanne Magnan said Monday it's no longer necessary to close schools if the new swine flu is discovered among students or staff.

Magnan announced that the state is scaling back some precautionary measures because the new strain seems to be acting like ordinary seasonal flu, rather than the dangerous epidemic that some had feared.

Of course, ISD #138 is watching events very, very, closely and will communicate accordingly.

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