http://www.fcps.edu/news/swineflu.htm
We have been working with the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) to monitor student absences using the Health Department-School Illness Monitoring System (HD-SIMS). Through the use of this system, the FCHD has identified a recent rise in the number of schools with increased student absences.
Upon further investigation, the FCHD has found that a number of these absences are due to influenza-like symptoms. During this time of year, it is unlikely that these symptoms are caused by the seasonal influenza that we see at other times of the year. Instead, these symptoms likely reflect the spread of the new H1N1 virus (swine flu) within our community. Although illness from this new virus is mild in most people, school staff and students should continue to take steps to limit disease spread.
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The Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) recommends that students or staff with influenza-like symptoms (fever with a cough or sore throat) stay at home and out of school for at least seven days, even if symptoms disappear sooner. If students or staff are still sick after the seven-day period, they should stay at home until at least 24 hours after the symptoms have ceased. If students have flu-like symptoms, they should not participate in any school activities, in school-aged child care (SACC) or be out in the community except to seek medical care.If a child appears to have an influenza-like illness when he or she arrives at school, a parent or guardian will be notified and asked to pick up the child.
My kid had all those symptoms but I didn't think to keep him home 7 days.
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