H1N1 case in middle school

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H1N1 case in middle school

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Tamara Sharman

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Tuesday, August 25. 2009

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It was swine flu after all.

State health officials confirmed last week a 13-year-old Pike County girl tested positive for swine flu. The teen is completely recovered and back at school, Hayla Hall, risk communicator for District 4 Public Health, announced Aug. 19.

The official notification that Pike schools had a confirmed case of swine flu caught citizens by surprise, coming just days after superintendent Dr. Michael Duncan said the child was not afflicted with swine flu.

“The parents relayed information to us that the health care provider had just told them she didn’t have it,” Duncan said. “We thought that was very credible information.”

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#1 Flu on 08/25/09 at 11:23 AM

I am sure she is not the only case in the schools....It is going around people just get ready....No need to call the schools in a panic... the news said today that half the people in the US would probably end up with H1N1.....Wash your hands....

#2 Sheila Tolley on 08/25/09 at 12:29 PM

Mexican Swine Flu.

#2.1 Tim Barber on 08/25/09 at 06:54 PM

Please don't generalize the flu with Mexico. This sounds some what racist. It's called H1N1!

#2.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/25/09 at 08:38 PM

It is called Mexican Swine Flu to me. You can call it Turtle Soup if you like. Soft soak the facts as usual.

Mexico seems to be the virus's epicenter. To date, swine flu has killed more than 150 people in that country and sickened some 2,400. Many infected people outside of Mexico appear to have contracted it while visiting there. The illness is curable if treated quickly with antiviral medicine.

#2.1.1.1 Tim Barber on 08/26/09 at 05:48 AM

We don't call Aids( African Aids)even though it started in Central Africa. We don't call heart disease ( American Heart Disease) even though we are the world leader. Mexico might be the epicenter but we should not call it Mexican Swine flu. This is terribly racist.

However, I do agree that this is going to be a terrible year for the flu. The CDC dosen't come out with these kind of predictions out of thin air.

#2.1.1.1.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/26/09 at 09:47 AM

I'll say it uno more time. Mexican Swine Flu.

#2.1.1.1.2 Jerry on 08/27/09 at 04:22 AM

Ok:

-African aids

-Mexican swine flu

It is what it is.

#2.1.1.1.2.1 Sheila Tolley on 08/27/09 at 09:26 AM

Thank you Jerry.

#2.1.1.1.2.2 Tim Barber on 08/27/09 at 09:43 AM

You just can win against two southern hicks.

#3 parent on 08/25/09 at 02:12 PM

We knew it all along and so did Duncan. He needs to be fired!!!!!!

#3.1 sububu on 08/25/09 at 10:48 PM

Yep, I agree!!

#3.2 Pike Resident on 08/27/09 at 09:54 AM

I say let's fire the parents for letting their kid get the swine flu!

#3.2.1 another parent on 09/10/09 at 09:23 AM

the problem is that he should have informed parents, thats all. and since you wanna take up for him so much maybe you should be fired along with him.

#3.3 another parent on 09/10/09 at 09:16 AM

I'm with you, regardless of what others may have to say about it.

#4 a teacher on 08/26/09 at 10:53 AM

Making a statement about whether or not children have documented cases of H1N1 does not change whether or not they really have it. People have it without knowing it and often go undiagnosed, whether a statement has been issued or not. Everyone should be taking precautions at home and at school to help prevent the spread of it. Let's focus on washing hands and educating people on the spread of illnesses rather than who said what and when.

#4.1 Anonymous on 08/27/09 at 04:20 AM

No, lets focus on truthfulness and being open and honest. Unfortunately, public school systems like to try to control everything, and only give limited information and such when forced to. In reality, the parents are in control, not school administrators, though it seems people have forgotten this over time.
Regardless, the school systems credibility is diminished each time something like this happens.

#5 Geez People on 08/26/09 at 10:54 AM

The PARENTS have stated that the physician told them that is was not H1N1 and then after they got back home and the student already well and back in school they got the call that it was...Basically a lot of this flu going around now probably is H1N1...

#6 sherry hollis on 08/27/09 at 09:29 AM

I agree 100%. I am very familiar with the special education aspect in public education and you would not BELIEVE the horrendous corruption of this in just about all public schools in US. Pike Co. is no exception, their corruption directly or indirectly (not sure) resulted in the suicide of Pike Co. school psychologist Allen Eldridge, which by the way was a GREAT man and the ONLY one in the whole school system who was decent enough to deal with.

#6.1 Pike Resident on 08/27/09 at 09:58 AM

And this suicide has to do with the H1N1 in what way exactly? Corruption in special education has to do with H1N1 in what way?

#6.1.1 Concord Resident on 08/28/09 at 10:08 AM

This is a public message board, and unfortunately you are a public scold. What exactly does it matter WHERE on this thread anyone's comment falls? Are you the board police?

#6.1.1.1 Pike Resident on 08/31/09 at 08:52 AM

What is a public scold?

#6.1.1.2 Pike Resident on 08/31/09 at 09:06 AM

Nope. Merely observant. Usually the comments have something to do with the article. In this case, the comment in question had absolutely nothing to do with the article, hence my post. Not too hard to understand. If you want to post nasty comments about folks maybe you should go to the pollcat; it thrives on that type of post.

#6.2 Anonymous on 08/28/09 at 11:45 AM

Blah Blah!!! Wash your hands and be consicous of when you don't fell well. All this other hogwash has nothing to do with this post. I am really starting to wonder about some of you. If you don't like who is on the school board, petition to get rid of them. Right now the concern for me is for the children and being aware of an illness so that you can make sound decisions in the care of your child in the event that they become sick.

#7 sherry hollis on 08/27/09 at 09:31 AM

Sorry I forgot to put my message under 4.1 which is the one I agree with.

#8 Anonymous on 08/31/09 at 11:25 AM

Does anyone know why one day last week there wree over 100 kids out of school? Ummm--hhmmmm I think that they need to send a doctor to the schools and check these kids out before this bug spreads anymore.

#8.1 Anonymous on 09/02/09 at 08:01 AM

No kidding....One kindergarten class was missing eight kids in one day. One school bus was also missing thirteen kids off its route. No reports about that. I know three kids who have tested positive for flu and strep and a couple of more. All parents have reported it to the school.

#8.2 Anonymous on 09/03/09 at 09:49 AM

The CDC in Atlanta and the Ga. Public Schools have issued a statement saying they will not close any ONE school unless that school has and absence of ten percent of it's students. If PCHS has, for example, 750 students enrolled (and I don't know their enrollment) 75 students will have to be absent from that school, alone! THEN they will shut down the building, wipe it down, and re-open the school. Until that happens, if a student gets sick, they are to send a student to a room set aside for students with flu like symptoms, and wait for someone to pick them up.
The best way for students to keep from passing this around is to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze, and WASH THEIR HANDS. The trouble with washing their hands is that MOST of the population does not know how to correctly wash their hands! In order to get your hands clean, you should wash them for more than 25 seconds, thoroughly, front side, back side, in between your fingers and up your wrists with an anti-bacterial soap, to keep from spreading germs. Most adults don't do this, so I am sure children don't! Many children don't even use soap. I think it would be a good idea for the school board to ask parents who are nurses, if they would be willing to volunteer to go to the schools and show children and teachers, from pre-K through high school, the correct way to wash their hands!! They need to be taught to cough into their shirt sleeve. Door knobs should be wiped off by teachers and the janitorial staff, with an anti-bacterial cloth every twenty minutes, so that the flu has a less likely chance of spreading. Does this sound extreme? I don't believe it does. If it saves ONE life...it is worth the effort. We need to remember that the flu season has not even arrived!

#9 Anonymous on 09/02/09 at 10:31 AM

My niece was diagnosed with the flu on Saturday and had been at school all week last week. She never showed signs of having anything until Saturday when she woke up vomiting, had a high fever, and coughing. She said that several of her friends had it. She is in the high school.

#10 zebulon resident on 09/02/09 at 09:00 PM

hey i just wanted to let yall know that there are tons of kids that have been getting the swine flu!!! ecspecially at the high school! the nurse and alot of people that sit at the front office have been out sick with the flu!hello its prob the swine flu just saying..........

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