Now that Labor Day weekend has passed signifying the end of summer for most of the nation’s school kids, everyone is getting back to the daily grind of work, school, sports and other activities. With school being in session, there is more opportunity for sickness to spread, so could the new school year bring with it the potential for more cases of H1N1 Swine Flu?

According to a Fox News report, the U.S. Center for Disease Control is predicting that it will. Even though cases of the disease appear to be tapering off, the CDC warns that more outbreaks could be on the horizon for the new school year.

The hardest hit area of the country is the southeast, where schools have already been in session for three to four weeks.

Many schools are just getting started today, so outbreaks of the virus may not start obviously cropping up until later this month or even the beginning of October.

The good news about H1N1 is that the virus has been around for a while now, and the strain doesn’t seem to be changing and becoming more deadly. That means most cases should be relatively easy to cure and most people won’t suffer severe illness.

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