Dear Parents and All Gymnasts,
Please stop at the school washroom before gymnastics and wash your hands.
Follow these simple preventatives:
Wash Hands Often
Wash your hands often. Use hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available.
How long should you spend cleaning your hands? A good rule of thumb is to sing
"Happy Birthday to Me" while you're washing. By the time the song is over, you
should be nice and clean.
No Risk From Pork
You can't catch H1N1 from pork — or poultry either (even though it recently
turned up in turkeys in Chile). Swine flu is not spread by handling meat,
whether it's raw or cooked. Instead, it is spread from person to person through
coughing, sneezing and handling infected items such as doorknobs, remote
controls and refrigerator door handles
Surrounded by Flu
If an H1N1 outbreak happens and you are not vaccinated, avoid crowded areas such
as sporting events, malls and churches. Remember to continuously wash or
sanitize hands when in a crowded area, especially before eating, or rubbing your
eyes or nose.