Attendance in the Lee County School District dropped to 81% just nine days after the first day of school.
Less than two weeks into the school year, a Kentucky school district has canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after nearly a fifth of its students came down with Covid, strep throat, the flu and other illnesses.
The Lee County School District, which has just under 900 students, began classes Aug. 9 but noticed attendance drop to about 82% on Friday, Superintendent Earl Ray Schuler said.
By Monday, the rate dipped to 81%, and 14 staff members called in sick, Schuler said.
If only there was a cheap easy to use way to stop germs from spreading through the mouth and nose of people…
Covid, strep throat, the flu, and other illnesses, i.e. covid covid covid and covid, but a lot of our parents have a very particular way of approaching what they’re willing to accept about why their child is sick.
Probably missing the point, but RN I’m stuck with a horrid ass flu that makes my entire muscles sore, couldn’t sleep yesterday because of cold sweats, and just all in all feel like garbage, and you could not imagine the relief I felt when tested it turned out to not be COVID (And yes, I am up to date with the COVID vaccines).
Did you test for flu and get positive? I’ve been hearing a lot about false negatives with the newer strains. They’ve mutated enough that they don’t trigger the antibodies in the test, is the theory.
ass flu
This sort of thing makes me glad I rarely leave the house.
No parents wanted to do covid tests, so a good trick is to stop carrying covid only tests and only provide covid/flu combo tests.
Our local hospital just switched from covid/flu/strep tests to individual ones, because they can bill more for 3 tests than one.
This has to be fake news. I was told that it was a hoax, and if it wasn’t a hoax, it would be gone in a few days, and if it wasn’t gone in a few days bleach injections would kill it, and if bleach injections didn’t kill it, then horse tranquilizer would kill it, and if horse tranquilizer didn’t kill it…
Sunlight into the body?
Mr Rogan is that you?
As conservatives cheer. The only thing conservatives love more than people being sick is people being uneducated.
Conservatism is a plague in desperate need of a cure.
I don’t disagree about conservatives in general but what about this article caused you to post this? The article indicated the district was shifting to online learning, encouraged better sanitation and vaccination.
The highest attendance will be in a small district. The lowest attendance will be in a small district.
Smaller samples show more variation.
Nice, a whole one state over, I’m sure germs can’t travel this far though, we’ll be fine.
“hurr durr it’s just the flu hurr durr”
I got strep for the first time a couple months ago. That shit is painful as hell.
Need to go back to mandatory masking
Bring back the chin diapers!
I’d be for it if idiots actually understood how to wear them.
That’s a really small district. We have elementary schools bigger than that
Cases of covid are very low in Kentucky so it’s likely RSV, Flu, and Strep that are the reason. Those are high.
