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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 12 2020, @02:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the What-would-Gomer-Pyle-say? dept.

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

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  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Wednesday August 12 2020, @04:42PM (2 children)

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 12 2020, @04:42PM (#1035612) Journal

    There was a lot less travel between states in 1918, so it was easier to isolate them from each other.

    There was still much travel, aiui. The prevalent travel was just of a different nature, mostly soldiers moving into high-concentration areas to be deployed overseas, spreading the flu to each other and to the people along their journeys and at their destinations.

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday August 12 2020, @05:16PM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday August 12 2020, @05:16PM (#1035631)

    That's how the 1918 flu spread so fast. But the key is that it was of a different nature as you said: it was much easier to isolate states from each other because they didn't just have people driving or flying all over the country willy-nilly like we do today. People stayed much closer to their homes. So once the problem was identified, it was much easier for states (who wanted to) to contain it.

    • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Thursday August 13 2020, @03:31AM

      by deimtee (3272) on Thursday August 13 2020, @03:31AM (#1035972) Journal

      A better comparison would be between the different responses in states back then equating to countries now.

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      If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.