Stomach virus
@GardenGerty (157674)
United States
April 6, 2022 7:02pm CST
Yep, that is the latest big thing at our school. I had read on a news page somewhere that the Norovirus (stomach bug) is the next big virus to spread like wildfire.
Our kindergarteners (5-6 year olds) seem to be the ones catching it most right now. Their teacher was out for a couple of days this week. Today one little guy was passing by me in a doorway and he said "we only have six kids today. Six kids!" Sure enough, I counted six of them in line for lunch. I think that is about half the class.
Generally I am not out around the general population of the school, plus I do not tend to get this kind of illness often. Maybe I am safe.
Often you do not run a fever with a stomach virus, so people do not keep their kids home, unless they actually throw up. So it really spreads. TMI for sure.
Little kids are fun. They talk to anybody. I do not know this kid that spoke from me from anywhere, but I am adult in the school, I must be a really nice person. Little pre schoolers and kindergarten kids speak to me, smile,or wave all the time.
Of course I smile and wave back. I have a few special huggers as well.
I hope they do not share their bug.
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@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
7 Apr 22
I hear it is all over the country right now.
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@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
7 Apr 22
Oh, now that is funny. I never really thought of a cow having a kind face.
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@JudyEv (326170)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Apr 22
@GardenGerty She always had a milking cow/house cow and looked after them very well.
@kaylachan (58284)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Apr 22
Kids tend to be germ magnets. So, that's understandable. Hopefully you won't catch anything.
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@kaylachan (58284)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Apr 22
@GardenGerty You're welcome.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
7 Apr 22
When Pretty was small, I hated the bugs that went around the school. She might or might not get sick but she'd bring them all home to me. I got sick. 
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@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
7 Apr 22
Eventually I get more immune to stuff the more I work.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
8 Apr 22
@GardenGerty All I could do was survive until the next bug she brought me. *shrug*
@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
7 Apr 22
Yes, they do and you do not always see the symptoms right away, the way you see and hear runny noses, coughs and sneezes.
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@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
7 Apr 22
@GardenGerty Anywhere you have a lot of children germs will spread.
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@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
7 Apr 22
I have tended not to get it in the past.
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@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
7 Apr 22
Yes, they should but either the kids do not act sick at home, or parents think they are faking it or just tired.
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@LadyDuck (459353)
• Switzerland
8 Apr 22
@GardenGerty Most parents think that it's not so bad to keep their kids at home.
