Reducing risk from sports
Until the pandemic has subsided, Youth Sports Parents recommends reducing the risk of your child contracting H1N1 on his or her sports team by:
- Washing equipment
- Not sharing water bottles
- Not touching mouths to water bottles
- Cleaning water bottles at end of each game/practice
- Suspending end-of-game handshakes
- Researching other school districts cases before traveling. Travel teams offer H1N1 an easy way to spread.
- Packing hand sanitizer in your child's sports bag and having him use it frequently
- Sitting your child out if you feel the flu risk is high
- Reporting symptoms to coach/teachers/parents
- Having your child vaccinated when the vacine becomes available (expected sometime in October)
Source: Centers for Disease Control
Created September 18, 2009
