According to Bloomberg, swine flu outbreaks shouldn’t close U.S. schools this fall unless so many students or teachers get sick that it interferes with teaching or puts the students at risk, U.S. health officials said.

The pandemic flu, also known as H1N1, can no longer be contained by closing schools, and the disruptions caused by closures outweigh the public health benefits, according to guidelines posted today on the Health and Human Services Department’s Web site. The guidelines, based on lessons learned earlier this year, cover the nation’s 55 million students and 7 million staff members at 130,000 public and private schools.

Health officials around the world are completing plans to deal with widespread outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere beginning in September. That’s when cooler temperatures and the return to schools may fuel the biggest flu epidemic in decades.

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Schools Should Remain Open When Swine Flu Strikes

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