1,000 students out of Stafford Co. school due to flu-like illness

[Anonymous]

https://wtop.com/stafford-county/2022/10/1000-students-out-of-stafford-co-school-due-to-flu-like-illness/

Is something like this going on at your school as well?

[Anonymous]

Bad article - the flu isn’t a GI thing. I guess they mean what’s commonly called stomach flu which sounds more like norovirus.

[Anonymous]

Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

No, half a school is not out every year. This is not due to testing, these are actual sick kids and teachers. This made national news.

[Anonymous]

CAN WE PLEASE STOP CALLING EVERYTHING A FLU-LIKE ILLNESS? The flu is a specific illness with unmistakable (to me) symptoms that is actually really terrible. It’s not primarily a GI illness, although those are really terrible too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

It’s this. Every fall and winter it’s the same thing. More are inclined to stay home for any symptoms now. In previous years, they were in class coughing, with fevers, blowing their noses.

[Anonymous]

Briar woods in Loundoun county had about 800 kids out 2 weeks ago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CAN WE PLEASE STOP CALLING EVERYTHING A FLU-LIKE ILLNESS? The flu is a specific illness with unmistakable (to me) symptoms that is actually really terrible. It’s not primarily a GI illness, although those are really terrible too.

At least one school has been reported as primarily influenza A that knocked out half the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

No, half a school is not out every year. This is not due to testing, these are actual sick kids and teachers. This made national news.

Read what I posted. Half the school is not out every year, but maybe half the school was sick and vast majority came in anyways.

[Anonymous]

Yawn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

No, half a school is not out every year. This is not due to testing, these are actual sick kids and teachers. This made national news.

Read what I posted. Half the school is not out every year, but maybe half the school was sick and vast majority came in anyways.

No one is coming to school with Norovirus which is what OP’s post is about. We all know that before COVID everyone went about their business when they had a cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

It’s this. Every fall and winter it’s the same thing. More are inclined to stay home for any symptoms now. In previous years, they were in class coughing, with fevers, blowing their noses.

Not according to my pediatricians office. There is something going on this year cause a confluence of significant upper respiratory illness among children. They are having trouble keeping up and the pediatric units at our local hospitals are already at capacity. This is not the same as every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

It’s this. Every fall and winter it’s the same thing. More are inclined to stay home for any symptoms now. In previous years, they were in class coughing, with fevers, blowing their noses.

Not according to my pediatricians office. There is something going on this year cause a confluence of significant upper respiratory illness among children. They are having trouble keeping up and the pediatric units at our local hospitals are already at capacity. This is not the same as every year.

Could it be that due to COVID, the same number of kids are sick, but parents are more likely to bring them to the doctor? Depends on what pediatric unit at hospital means, how serious does it have to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Happening at many schools particularly after homecoming.
My suspicion is this happens every year, but after the past few years many more kids are staying home and going to the doctor who wouldn't have done so in 2019.

It’s this. Every fall and winter it’s the same thing. More are inclined to stay home for any symptoms now. In previous years, they were in class coughing, with fevers, blowing their noses.

Not according to my pediatricians office. There is something going on this year cause a confluence of significant upper respiratory illness among children. They are having trouble keeping up and the pediatric units at our local hospitals are already at capacity. This is not the same as every year.

Could it be that due to COVID, the same number of kids are sick, but parents are more likely to bring them to the doctor? Depends on what pediatric unit at hospital means, how serious does it have to be.

No. A lot more kids are much more sick this year. I work in a pediatric practice.

[Anonymous]

News got picked up by CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/health/virginia-high-school-flu-absences-stafford-county/index.html