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It's an eerie day in New Braunfels, Texas ~ where is that swine flu?

By Sheila Moran

Real Estate Broker/Owner with RE/MAX Access (Garden Ridge, San Antonio, New Braunfels) TREC# 0386905

April 29, 2009 02:13 PM

I live in Comal County in New Braunfels, Texas. They school districts closed all of the schools in Comal County as well as Guadalupe County (which is a good number cities) because of the "swine flu". This announcement happened last night around 9p.m. and the children will be out of school until May 11, 2009!!

So far in Comal County there is one Teacher and 2 students that have this strain of flu. There have been up to a number of 142 others that have been tested (new testing sites have been set up in Austin so hopefully results will be in sooner than shipping out to different states)

So far 18 confirmed cases in Texas.

8 of them are in the neighboring county, Guadalupe.

1 death in Houston of a 22 month old child.

My children think that they are getting an "extra" spring break and we can go hang out at Schlitterbahn (the local water park)...until I told them no way, no how.

So this evening I drove by the New Braunfels High School. Not a car in the parking lot, no students practicing on the football field, no joggers, no extra activities at all. CREEPY. This place is ALWAYS busy with students, parents and the like enjoying the facilities and sharing in our community.

I was wondering yesterday is this just HYSTERIA OR HYPE?

Today, I see it's a necessary precaution.

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Carl Winters

Canyon Lake, TX

Sheila - Glad to see Comal is showing caution; they will just have to make up for lost time and days. Best to stay out of crowds if at all possible. What next? Last week pirates this week swine flu.

Apr 29, 2009 02:58 PM

Richard Weeks

Dallas, TX

REALTOR®, Broker

We hear more and more stories every day. There is so much unknown now so as you say we must take necessary precautions.

I wonder what will develop today?

Apr 29, 2009 10:27 PM

Don Rogers

Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield - O'Fallon, MO

Realtor, Broker, CDPE, GRI, OnullFallon MO & St Charles County MO homes

Does it look like Bexar County will be following the lead or is there not a problem there, yet?

It is sad to hear that a baby has died from this stuff....

Apr 29, 2009 10:41 PM

South Austin Real Estate Blog

Sky Realty South Austin - Austin, TX

HI Sheila, thanks for the updating, here in Austin only 1 school closed so far. Hopefully everyone will be safe and practice much hand washing. I had a chat with my grandsons last night, ages 11 & 13 and I was happy to hear the teachers at school are emphasing the importance of hand washing yet not panicing the kids.

Apr 30, 2009 01:41 AM

John Cannata

214-728-0449 http://TexasLoanGuy.com - Frisco, TX

Texas Home Mortgage - Purchase or Refinance

The stats are getting higher and higher. Not that it makes a huge difference, but the confirmed death in Houston was a baby from Mexico. That is not to say the death is not as important, but just want to point out that technically, it was not a Texan that was ill and died.

Apr 30, 2009 05:03 PM

Patricia Kennedy

RLAH@properties - Washington, DC

Home in the Capital

Sheila, I think it's well-intentioned hype. NPR had a thing about the child who died, and it said that he had some major underlying health issues and the flu pushed him over the edge. I think a lot of it is the 24-hour news cycle - they have to do something to try to attract readers.

May 07, 2009 01:39 AM

Sheila Moran

RE/MAX Access (Garden Ridge, San Antonio, New Braunfels) - New Braunfels, TX

SanAntonioSheila.com, RE/MAX Access, 210-32

well, the kids were called back to school today! So, hype or hysteria is over with (till next one, right?)

May 07, 2009 01:16 PM

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