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Graceunderfyre
Member
01-22-2004
| Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 11:03 am
Hi all! I just found out that there has been an outbreak of Hand Foot & Mouth disease at the YMCA. My assistant at my off site told me on Friday night that when she was working in the Babysitting room on Thursday night they were told to wipe everything down with bleach because of it. DS was in there for a few minutes on Thursday and then for like an hour and a half on Friday and of course nobody mentioned anything to me. I'm trying to do a bit of research on the net because I know it's very contagious and I'm supposd to make a couple things for coffee hour tomorrow at church. . . do you think I should cancel out? According to the NY State Health Dept, kids under 10 mostly get it and my church is mostly comprised of kids that age. . .
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 6:16 pm
Dang, is this the same YMCA that feeds the kids peanut butter and marshmallows??? Just kidding. I would wear gloves when handling food at your church but other than that, I think you will be fine.
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Zachsmom
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 9:14 pm
I used to teach preschool and we had an outbreak of this..painful. Wash hands often and don't touch nose, eyes or anything that is mucous involved.
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Graceunderfyre
Member
01-22-2004
| Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 10:16 am
Thanks. . .I just kept him home and asked other people to cover our food duties Maris you are too funny The fluffernutters were a once in a lifetime snack at my off site. .. the YMCA babysitting room is the place where DS goes when I am at the Y. . . Of course, I feel terrible for them because they can be overwhelmed with the number of kids and I often see some of the sitters on their cell phones and not paying attention. . . so I'm certain my DS would have been a prime suspect for putting his mouth on something infected 
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