And they're dropping like flies!

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Like little puking flies. :scrying: We've sent 7 home today from my elementary school.

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Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..

Ooooh Nooo. and it begins!

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Oh No! Since the last week of January our little school of 200 students has seen 35 doctor confirmed flu cases. Who knows how many of the little dears have had it but didn't get taken to the doctor. 4 cases of strep this week. Pass the germ x please!

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

Sounds like fun for you, sorry you are dealing with puke. I had a student come back after 4 days. She was wiped for three days after she came back. We have had 5 cases out of 123 students. The flu shot is so much easier.

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Not much flu here, only 1 confirmed case, but lots of norovirus. It's been going around for about 3 weeks now, it seems to be on the decline, but at least 2-3 kids are in my office vomiting daily. Is it summer yet?!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

This was us a few weeks ago- I actually posted that there were 40 kids out. Thankfully things have died down here and they are on break all next week.

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Specializes in CVICU, SchoolRN, MICU, PCU/IMU, ED.

No flu here yet *knock on wood* but the same with norovirus. First it took out all of my kinder now it's going around the school. A bleach bath for the whole school is in order.

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Specializes in School nursing.

We have a handful of diagnosed flu cases this year, but a handful is actually 5x more than I have seen in my four years here.

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Lots of flu here. Seems that kids and teachers that got the vaccine are getting Flu B. The ones that did not are getting Flu A.

Also, Strep. More Strep than I have seen or heard about at the HS level.

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