What is Carpe Diems proactive approach to Swine Flu?
Swine flu has recently been confirmed throughout Mexico and parts of the US. A few other countries have also reported possible infections. While we’re in touch with the CDC and monitoring all of the international news we can put our hands on, we also feel we are uniquely placed to handle the situation given that two of our office staff are currently Emergency Room nurses and the other is a Wilderness EMT. We also have contact with a variety of local doctors (including a few with advanced training in international and tropical medicines) that should needs require we can reach out to. Our fall 2009 programs will continue to run as scheduled although we plan on requiring flu shots as they have been proven (with Avian Flu for instance) to much reduce any severity of infection. We may also choose to outfit our medical kits with extra supplies such as extra hand sanitizer and the like. Swine Flu is an offshoot of the 1918-19 flu: just as every flu since then has been. In that strain of flu a
