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Just curious how many are seeing Flu A or B? Seems we are getting hit with a lot of Flu A, especially in K.

On 1/24/2020 at 10:00 AM, tining said:

Now we have

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Y'all...my school (we're in the Chicagoland area) sent out a letter to parents about this. Didn't consult me...didn't note that IL Dept of Public Health says there's no immediate threat to the public and no additional precautions need to be taken in schools. Then decided to require middle school homeroom teachers to tell the middle school kids about it today. Kid with a stuffy nose comes down to see me "my teacher says I needed to see you because I might have coronavirus." LET THE PANIC BEGIN!

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22 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

Kid with a stuffy nose comes down to see me "my teacher says I needed to see you because I might have coronavirus."

Oh.My.Goodness.

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37 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

Y'all...my school (we're in the Chicagoland area) sent out a letter to parents about this. Didn't consult me...didn't note that IL Dept of Public Health says there's no immediate threat to the public and no additional precautions need to be taken in schools. Then decided to require middle school homeroom teachers to tell the middle school kids about it today. Kid with a stuffy nose comes down to see me "my teacher says I needed to see you because I might have coronavirus." LET THE PANIC BEGIN!

NOOOOOOOOOO

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2 hours ago, BiscuitRN said:

Y'all...my school (we're in the Chicagoland area) sent out a letter to parents about this. Didn't consult me...didn't note that IL Dept of Public Health says there's no immediate threat to the public and no additional precautions need to be taken in schools. Then decided to require middle school homeroom teachers to tell the middle school kids about it today. Kid with a stuffy nose comes down to see me "my teacher says I needed to see you because I might have coronavirus." LET THE PANIC BEGIN!

Don't know whether to laugh or cry. Yikes!

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2 hours ago, BiscuitRN said:

Y'all...my school (we're in the Chicagoland area) sent out a letter to parents about this. Didn't consult me...didn't note that IL Dept of Public Health says there's no immediate threat to the public and no additional precautions need to be taken in schools. Then decided to require middle school homeroom teachers to tell the middle school kids about it today. Kid with a stuffy nose comes down to see me "my teacher says I needed to see you because I might have coronavirus." LET THE PANIC BEGIN!

It is like when my 8th graders learned about Ebola. It was never ending. It was so bad that the teachers tried to make it better by teaching about it (and it was accurate info) but doing so just made it worse.

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38 minutes ago, CanIcallmymom said:

Don't know whether to laugh or cry. Yikes!

Me neither! The middle schoolers are crying enough for me.

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Specializes in school nursing/ maternal/child hospital based.

I can not imagine!!!!!

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Specializes in Geriatric Home Health, High School Nurse.

Y'all, I think I am going down with something. Flu like symptoms just hit me hard in the last hour. I have 26 more minutes until I am off work for the day so I am trying to hang on but UGH... I feel horrible!!!

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5 hours ago, BiscuitRN said:

Y'all...my school (we're in the Chicagoland area) sent out a letter to parents about this. Didn't consult me...didn't note that IL Dept of Public Health says there's no immediate threat to the public and no additional precautions need to be taken in schools. Then decided to require middle school homeroom teachers to tell the middle school kids about it today. Kid with a stuffy nose comes down to see me "my teacher says I needed to see you because I might have coronavirus." LET THE PANIC BEGIN!

Same thing here in my NYC school *rolls eyes*

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18 hours ago, SchoolNurseK said:

Y'all, I think I am going down with something. Flu like symptoms just hit me hard in the last hour. I have 26 more minutes until I am off work for the day so I am trying to hang on but UGH... I feel horrible!!!

Hope you are home and feeling better!

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We had a few B before Christmas but this week we have been hit hard with A.

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Am in Central Tx. Had a round of Flu Type A before the Christmas Holidays. Closed the schools for one day to clean. 2nd and 3rd Week of Jan. the medical unit of CAH had 2 night nurses, one day nurse with flu A, and the local prn nurse out with pneumonia

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