Australia's swine flu alert raised amid fears of full-scale epidemic

THE Federal Government's decision to move to a containment stage to deal with swine flu will be disruptive but necessary, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

Mr Rudd said he had been briefed by Australia's chief medical officer and there had been 13 confirmed cases of the virus in Australia to date.

"The Government has acted in response to each and every recommendation put to the government by the professional health authorities across our nation," he said.

"This will of course involve inconvenience to communities as certain schools are temporarily closed down."

Mr Rudd said he understood that would cause inconvenience to families.

KRuddism's at work! Of course we all "know" that N1H1 Influenza only impacts school-aged children! Mr Rudd, please don't try and create public hysteria via naiive media outlets! The raised Pandemic Level to "Contain" has nothing to do with "Schools" as such. Learn what "social distancing" means please, and lets actually spread facts and not more tripe!

Disappointed by the ongoing KRuddite view of the world! And parents, keep your children in school and teach them about good hygiene and manners!

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