It wouldnt surprise me that there was a doctor or two in town where these notes were easy to get. Sort of like those Dr. Feel Good’s with plenty of prescription pads and readily willing to treat ‘fibromyalgia’, back pain, and migraines.

in many schools, schools lose $ if attendance falls below a threshold for day, probably why schools cancel for minor winter weather didn't use to cancel for and for victory parades

…and their symptoms in a pediatric patient should be investigated to determine the cause.

you actully acquainted wih any who suffer from it? I am, and what they endure is heartbreaking, not the least of which is dismissal by the ignorant of their condition.

Of course it will prove counterproductive. Forcing sick students to go to school will create more sick kids and therefore more absences.

…and thanks to BobK junior the sadistic nutball running the Dept of Health.

Measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and whooping cough are all on the rise. In a world where a traveller can get from one continent to the next in a day, diseases the current generation has absolutely no experience with can come into American airports with ease.

My mom knew got us kids the vaccines available when we were born — DPT and Smallpox. She knew all the signs, symptoms, potential deadly complications, home nursing, and when to get us in to the doctor’s office. When polio vaccines were developed, my parents joined the whole blessed town in lines around the block to make sure we all got protected.

How long before polio shows back up?

This school district is run by idiots. But why should they be different from DC?

with very little response.