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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter (9) just tested positive for flu A on Sunday. She is going back to to school tomorrow.
She was 100% fine on Friday. Towards the end of the school day she started coughing hard. Came home at usual time and started having a fever and very sore throat. She had high fever Saturday and Sunday when we decided to take her to the doctor. He told us she was contagious two days before onset of symptoms (Wednesday- Friday) and 3 days after (Saturday-Monday). She has been fever free since Monday, but we kept her home today (Tuesday) just to be safe.
She is going back to school tomorrow. Still has a bad cough. If she gave the flu to her classmates it was before having any symptoms… not much we can do to prevent the transmission. 
Kids need to get sick… that’s it.[/quote]

I’m the teacher who posted above about the outbreak in my class. I wish all parents thought like you. No, you can’t control any spread prior to the development of symptoms. My concern is always for the students who come to school with symptoms: fevers, fatigue, etc. I’m comfortable estimating that I have at least 3 students (out of 120) each day who feverishly sleep at their desks. I send them to the nurse, but by then they have shared germs with the class around them. It’s exhausting and, frankly, very selfish.

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With high schoolers, how much of that is neglectful parenting vs. the kids not telling the parents they don’t feel well in the morning?  It’s not like with younger kids where the parents have to stay home, obviously a high schooler could stay by themselves.  And most get ready and out the door in the morning without parent assistance.  I definitely remember a couple of times where I didn’t tell my parents about something because I was afraid of missing a test, after school activity, etc.

I’m not saying some of these parents aren’t telling their kids to go anyway if they do complain  but it’s probably for different reasons than for younger kids.[/quote]

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