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.

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If only there was a cheap easy to use way to stop germs from spreading through the mouth and nose of people…

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more guns?

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stop joking. this is serious. we need more assault rifles.

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“More bullet spread to combat COVID spread!”

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The only way to stop a bad germ… is a good germ with a gun willing to blast any living cell in its way…

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You have been made a moderator of /r/conservatives

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Yeah but bleach an ivermectin have been off the shelves since 2020 in Kentucky…

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Not picking your nose? Don’t ask these people to do that, it’s too much of a burden.

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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.

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At least their children aren’t sleeper cells that can be activated by 5g.

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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).

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(And yes, I am up to date with the COVID vaccines)

This doesn’t really seem to matter with all the new mutations that are loose right now. The spouse and I are up to date as well, but we still caught it ~3 weeks ago after avoiding it for 3.5 years. We healed up fine, but it sure did suck. Looking forward to updated boosters.

Seems like everyone I know around the world (thanks, internet) is getting it right now, even if they’ve been taking things seriously.

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If you’re alive the vaccine helped. It wasn’t meant to be a never-get-it vaccine. Just that if you did catch it your chances of dying were lower.

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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.

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So far as I have heard, yes, mutations are emerging because people keep getting reinfected and reinfecting others, but the anosmia symptom is still pretty consistent.

Might not trigger a test, but if you suddenly cant taste your dinner, you have covid.

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The Covid test kits are largely useless with Eris, doctors have been finding. It’s mutation that lets it escape immune detection also seems to let it escape the test kits primary measurement methods.

So you absolutely could still have Covid.

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ass flu

This sort of thing makes me glad I rarely leave the house.

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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.

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Our local hospital just switched from covid/flu/strep tests to individual ones, because they can bill more for 3 tests than one.

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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…

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Sunlight into the body?

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Perineum sunning?

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If you can’t get outdoors I heard just using a flashlight helps

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Mr Rogan is that you?

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Schools find out diseases are infectious. Can our top scientists figure out something to do about it? More at 11

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The school knows exactly what’s up. They just can’t say “COVID” in a place like Kenfucky without hundreds of parents screaming at the top of their lungs.

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They can’t scream when they’re on respirators

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