It only makes sense. Where children are, so go infectious respiratory conditions.

School’s out—-so swine flu is going to visit some campers instead.

Ninety percent of the flu cases tested using the national system test positive for swine flu (H1N1), the Times reports.

This story says that, as for now, the cases are concentrated in the Northeast.

If you have a child going to sleep-away camp, review the symptoms of swine flu.  Tell your child to tell the camp counselors if he or she gets sick.

Be ready to go get them right away if they become ill, the story says.

New York Times

“Although it is fading in much of the nation as warmer weather comes on, swine flu is causing outbreaks in summer camps just as it has in schools, federal officials said Thursday.

“The illness has hospitalized 1,600 Americans, most of them young, and is blamed in 44 deaths, the officials said. It is most persistent in the Northeast, and nearly 90 percent of the flu cases that are tested nationally are the new swine H1N1, not seasonal flu.

“The advice to camp administrators and campers’ parents is basically the same as for schools, said Dr. Daniel Jernigan, deputy director of the flu division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Camps should be on the alert for sick children, who should be kept home for a week or until 24 hours after symptoms have finished. (Not all camps offer refunds, the American Camp Association noted.) Parents should be prepared to bring sick children home on short notice.”

Source: New York Times, June 18, 2008