I grew up in NOVA, as did my kids. Never, ever, do I recall school being closed due to flu. 2" of snow or the threat of an ice storm, yes, but never flu.
I lived in Stafford for a few years...have no idea about the flu but do recall my nieces staying home from school due to small amounts of snow as you said.
They cancelled school for the flu before there was covid....... not really new. Not attacking OP but we do need to stop making assumptions based on one headline about one instance. That's what they want us to do. We are better than that.
I don’t remember school closings from flu growing up in the 90s. Never saw the student body at half capacity with so many people out sick. Maybe we’re more hearty in the Midwest. But no references in pop culture shows or movies from the past 20 years make me think this was commonplace elsewhere. Maybe some experimental shot a bunch of people took is flattening their immune systems.
I grew up in Fredericksburg and was on the track team. Used to race against those guys... Back then, it was a fairly small school but still, I can't imagine half of the student body of any school being sick. Shit.
The tell here is what the demographic of Stafford is. Mostly mid level military and government employees/contractors.
Odds are good most parents complied and likely either pushed it on their kids or shedded on their kids.
I’ve never heard of this before. But I wouldn’t place the blame solely on the jab - these people isolated and masked themselves for 2 years so of course their weak immune system will catch every tiny bug once they reemerged. Natural immunity was always the best course.
I grew up in NOVA, as did my kids. Never, ever, do I recall school being closed due to flu. 2" of snow or the threat of an ice storm, yes, but never flu.
I lived in Stafford for a few years...have no idea about the flu but do recall my nieces staying home from school due to small amounts of snow as you said.
They cancelled school for the flu before there was covid....... not really new. Not attacking OP but we do need to stop making assumptions based on one headline about one instance. That's what they want us to do. We are better than that.
I don’t remember school closings from flu growing up in the 90s. Never saw the student body at half capacity with so many people out sick. Maybe we’re more hearty in the Midwest. But no references in pop culture shows or movies from the past 20 years make me think this was commonplace elsewhere. Maybe some experimental shot a bunch of people took is flattening their immune systems.
It didn't use to happen, just in the last 4-5 years.
Wasn't there news last week about a school in CA (I think San Diego) where half of the kids were out sick with the flu?
Here it is: https://patriots.win/p/15K6OAoGQT/san-diego-high-school-has-40-of-/c/
Never heard of half the students anywhere coming up with the flu at the same time before
I grew up in Fredericksburg and was on the track team. Used to race against those guys... Back then, it was a fairly small school but still, I can't imagine half of the student body of any school being sick. Shit.
"Officials and the Virginia Department of Health are working together to investigate the root causes of the illness."
Insert cricket meme.
Weird how the flu is back on the menu...
The tell here is what the demographic of Stafford is. Mostly mid level military and government employees/contractors.
Odds are good most parents complied and likely either pushed it on their kids or shedded on their kids.
You got that right.
I’ve never heard of this before. But I wouldn’t place the blame solely on the jab - these people isolated and masked themselves for 2 years so of course their weak immune system will catch every tiny bug once they reemerged. Natural immunity was always the best course.