A recent article on CBC News talked about pregnant schoolteachers in Vancouver and the dilemma they now face at work. While in the past they would immediately feel sympathy for a kid that didn’t look very well, they now want to take a step back to protect themselves (and rightfully so.) The article mentioned a Montreal woman who “died of complications from swine flu after giving birth.”

Teachers have been dealing with various dangers in the classroom for quite a while. But with swine flu outbreaks in several schools last year, it has reminded every schoolteacher to …read more