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Swine Flu: France Boots 'Disease- Ridden' British Kids

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(Newser) – More than two dozen British schoolchildren on a school holiday were booted out of France after some came down with swine flu—but not before they were quarantined by medics in anti-contamination suits and insulted by locals. "It was as if we were dangerous criminals," said one of the visitors, who said one person in the town in Normandy told them, "Go back to your disease-ridden country."

French authorities bundled them onto a bus bound for the Channel and forced them to keep the curtains closed, the Daily Mail reports, "because we were wearing masks and the French would have been shocked." France has so far had just 800 swine flu cases and no deaths, while Britain is the worst-hit country in Europe: around 10,000 people have come down with the virus, 31 fatally.

British students on a school trip were deported from France, where they say they were treated like 'dangerous criminals.'
British students on a school trip were deported from France, where they say they were treated like 'dangerous criminals.'   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
A researcher wearing protective gear works in the P4 European High Level Security Laboratory (EHLS) in Lyon, central France, Thursday, July 16, 2009.
A researcher wearing protective gear works in the P4 European High Level Security Laboratory (EHLS) in Lyon, central France, Thursday, July 16, 2009.   (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Health officials in Britain have issued a torrent of conflicting advice on swine flu, telling people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and even delay getting pregnant until the virus subsides.
Health officials in Britain have issued a torrent of conflicting advice on swine flu, telling people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and even delay getting pregnant until the virus subsides.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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plstyle
Jul 23, 09 8:11 PM CDT
Ah the French; what would you expect from a country thats had their ass kicked every which way the last two world wars... Reply
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Jul 31, 09 6:35 AM CDT
So this is the face of the new world. Quick! Name a country that would NOT do what the French did. Come on. Just one... Reply
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