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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RMF who wrote (70906)	8/20/2009 10:56:05 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224718

By CAM SIMPSON and BETSY MCKAY WASHINGTON -- An outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu in the coming flu season could be severe enough to cause staffing shortages and other workplace disruptions, officials said Wednesday. The government also acknowledged that supplies of vaccines to prevent the disease are taking longer to produce than originally forecast. Businesses should allow employees flexibility to stay home to recuperate or care for sick relatives, said Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in a news conference. Businesses should consider dropping requirements that workers get doctors' notes for absences, Mr. Locke said, because they could "overload a health-care system that will likely be overstressed during this year's flu season."