thursday 1 Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 oh, no he won't he's got an American passport. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Swine flu speads like wildfire in Kansai! Quote: Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School is ground zero for the outbreak. 5 students are confirmed as having swine flu at Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo High School. This brings the total confirmed cases to 8. Additionaly, there are 3 suspected cases in Higashi-harima and 2 suspected cases in Tajima. 10 students in Osaka also have swine flu. The governor has declared a state of emergency and asked all residents to take precautions and avoid unnecessary travel. Expect schools, events, and trips to be canceled. Cooperate as much as possible. I am closer to Himeji but the local crappy market festival thing has been cancelled today. Expect media chaos this week. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I got an emergency email from my school yesterday while working at a T&F event, they said bc of the fact that our students live all over Kansai, there is a huge chance school will close. If it does, I wonder how long for? Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I arrived at Narita yesterday, immigration staff wearing gloves, masks, plastic clothing, and heat cameras at the desks, or at least at the re-entry desks..... A friend came back from the states last week and said they phoned her later on to make sure she didn't have any symptoms..... Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Local schools here are closed for the week by the city. This is fairly far away from Kobe, closer to Himeji. I am now hoping my company calls, but knowing them nothing will even be said about it and we will have to ganbaru through as if nothing is going on. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 hope kanagawa closes its schools!! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I just went out to stock up on supplies in case everything hits the fan this week and we get ordered to stay indoors or supermarkets shut etc in the mass hysteria. Next few days should be interesting to see how contagious this strain is. I'll be pixxed if I have to go to work becuase my wife will have to manage the two toddlers on her own every day this week and that = headaches for me in the evening. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 ganbaru spirit bobby! (clenched fist) Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Originally Posted By: bobby12 I'll be pixxed if I have to go to work becuase my wife will have to manage the two toddlers on her own every day this week and that = headaches for me in the evening. They do grow up bobby Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Nearly 100 cases in Japan now it seems. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 well, CB will be geting a week's break, while those infected get quarantined. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 thats looking more and more likely Thurs...we are just under 1/3 being absent from school because they live in those "infectious" areas...I think we missed it by like a dozen kids or so. Had an emergency meeting at lunch today and are just waiting to see what happens with our kids these next few days. If we do miss 7 days of school it will cut into our summer break (possibly) to make up those missed classes; if thats the case then Id rather just have school. If we decide to just bugger those classes and make them up some other time, then Im game. Seems more of a hassle to miss classes than to have them. 'Sides we have mid-term exams next week which is a pretty chilled time anyways. Kansai is starting to panic it feels like. Ive had a few parents wondering what they should do...use yer common sense I say. Link to post Share on other sites
A lawyer 0 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Good luck with that. People get all irrational when panic stations hit. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 1000 schools already closed. Wow, let's hope this is over in 10 days or so. Well, at least the spread should be contained. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Well I'm going to stay in, sleep, watch telly, eat snacks and maybe do something else. (I live quite close to Kobe) Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 You OK rach? I am worried. Did you see the dudes in Tokyo yesterday having their meeting. All wearing masks. In Tokyo. Where there's, like, no cases. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 My prediction: On thurs/fri the government announces that its just the flu and no need to overreact. Everyone should go back to school/work on monday and just be careful to wash hands, wear masks etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Classic comment of the morning, and it's only 9:20am: The reason why it is spreading in Japan so quickly is because Japanese are hard workers (implying that they are more hardworking than foreigners). You know the kind of dude that makes this comment. Yep, that's the one. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 No he's just a guy in the office. What I meant was he's the the kind of guy who is amazed at you using chopsticks after 10 years, 'foreigners wouldn't understand', etc etc. There's probably one like him in most offices we work in - Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 how would working hard get you the swine flu? Ah, hey! go easy on them pigs. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Guess at the twisted logic: Japanese people really work hard and are always out and about doing their business and being busy so increasing the chances of passing on infection. (Have I been here too long?) Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 yes, in this case, they were very hard working volleyball players. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Definitely here too long. It's the talk of the office here. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 ...and yet the paranoid Aussies seem to have forgotten all about it... We are far more interested in Matthew Johns group sex fiasco, voting NO to Daylight Saving and doing phone polls to see if West Australian's would actually like thier shops to stay open until 9pm on weekdays... I think come flu season we might have wished we were not so easily ditracted. Link to post Share on other sites
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