Sick :(
Written: November 2, 2007 at 2:53PM EST
Wow! I made it a whole 2 months in school without getting sick… then on the second day of November, it happens. I have the ever-so-popular stomach but thats the least of the worries this year at school.
This years new illness everyone is freaking out about is MRSA. Supposedly some kid in Pennsylvania died of it, so the entire school has gone nuts, and when a staff member at one of the schools contracted it, the hysteria continued.
“Will I die if I get it?” “EEW, its the new AIDS!” and “OMG DID YOU HEAR WHO CAUGHT MRSA?!” are common walking through the halls of the high school. First of, almost all of the “…WHO CAUGHT MRSA?!” rumors are false. I doubt if someone had it, the school would ignore it. This is shown through the letters and announcements they have given out when the case with the staff member contracted it. I don’t know. It’s kinda insaine.
But its high school. What else can be expected. Luckily, according the school district physician, the disease is curable and is NOT the new AIDS, but the rumor mill will ride it until June, or until something else comes alone. 