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HS that suspended teen who tweeted photo of hallway has 9 COVID-19 cases:
North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, sent a letter to parents Saturday, saying, "At this time, we know there were six students and three staff members who were in school for at least some time last week who have since reported to us that they have tested positive." The letter was published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Most or even all of the six students and three staff members who tested positive could have had the virus before the school reopened on Monday, August 3. As Harvard Medical School explains, "The time from exposure to symptom onset (known as the incubation period) is thought to be three to 14 days, though symptoms typically appear within four or five days after exposure," and "a person with COVID-19 may be contagious 48 to 72 hours before starting to experience symptoms."
[...] As we reported Friday, the school issued a five-day suspension to student Hannah Watters after she posted a photo to Twitter, noting the "jammed" hallways and "10 percent mask rate." The school lifted her suspension after extensive media coverage. One other unnamed student who was suspended for a similar reason also had the suspension reversed, the Journal-Constitution said.
Students attended class in person only on Monday through Wednesday, as the district said it conducted a short first week "so that all of our schools can step back and assess how things are going so far."
Update at 6:50pm ET: North Paulding High School announced Sunday that it has canceled in-person instruction for Monday and Tuesday, August 10 and 11, because of the nine positive cases and "the possibility that number could increase if there are currently pending tests that prove positive." The school said that on Tuesday evening, parents and students will be notified about whether in-person instruction will resume on Wednesday. Remote learning will continue while the school is closed.
Previously:
(2020-08-08) Pupils Who Shared Photos of Packed Corridor of Maskless Georgia Students Suspended
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @03:46PM (4 children)
Honestly, who are the enemies of America anyway? Mexico and Canada?
Or maybe what people really mean by "enemies" and those who America has simply decided to fuck with and a pandemic can't be allowed to put a full stop to that!!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Wednesday August 12 2020, @03:54PM (2 children)
Russia, Iran, and China are the top three that come to mind. North Korea too, though they really don't have much power to do anything. And no, Russia isn't an "enemy" as you put it; like China, they have aspirations of becoming a superpower again, and America is in their way. When one country wants to become the most powerful nation on earth, and enjoy the benefits that come with that, any other nations that are an obstacle to that goal automatically become enemies.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @06:11PM
None of those are even your continent. They are not "enemies". That's the doublespeak Americans can't get their head around for some reason. Russia and China are competitors. Iran and North Korea are resistant.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2020, @01:07AM
China has such a loooong way to go to get close to the USA.
Their best and brightest emigrate asap and don't go back. Yes, some are spies but a vast vast majority just want to get out of that corrupt bullshit where the President puts his son-in-law and daughter in top government positions. Yes I'm being facetious but this is a gross anomaly in the USA that both parties will fix in short order when Trump is no longer relevant. Just like the 22nd Amendment pass about 5 seconds after Roosevelt (the famous one) died.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Thursday August 13 2020, @03:11AM
"We have met the enemy and he is us"
--- Pogo, cca 1971
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