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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Attendance in the Lee County School District dropped to 81% just nine days after the first day of school.

Less than two weeks into the school year, a Kentucky school district has canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after nearly a fifth of its students came down with Covid, strep throat, the flu and other illnesses.

The Lee County School District, which has just under 900 students, began classes Aug. 9 but noticed attendance drop to about 82% on Friday, Superintendent Earl Ray Schuler said.

By Monday, the rate dipped to 81%, and 14 staff members called in sick, Schuler said.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 156 points 1 year ago

If only there was a cheap easy to use way to stop germs from spreading through the mouth and nose of people...

[-] hamster@kbin.social 112 points 1 year ago
[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

stop joking. this is serious. we need more assault rifles.

[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

"More bullet spread to combat COVID spread!"

[-] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The only way to stop a bad germ… is a good germ with a gun willing to blast any living cell in its way…

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You have been made a moderator of /r/conservatives

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but bleach an ivermectin have been off the shelves since 2020 in Kentucky...

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not picking your nose? Don't ask these people to do that, it's too much of a burden.

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