“If your child is sick, don't let them go to school. If you or your child are getting sick, stay home. Don't go to work. Don't send your kids to school,” Mississippi State Department of Health's Greg Flynn said. https://buff.ly/3QcG7oX - ThreadSky

mississippifreepress.org • 10 days ago

“If your child is sick, don't let them go to school. If you or your child are getting sick, stay home. Don't go to work. Don't send your kids to school,” Mississippi State Department of Health's Greg Flynn said.

https://buff.ly/3QcG7oX

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terrypasta.bsky.social•10 days ago

A sensible political leader in the US. That won't go down well.

homesickmontanan.bsky.social•10 days ago

These stories are sad comment about the lack of social safety nets and family financial reserves but also important to note that prevention (read flu vaccine) is the cheapest way to lower that risk to life and livelyhood. Where is the realization and culpability for that failure landing?

kittykowalski.bsky.social•10 days ago

The sad fact is most parents have to send their kids to school because they have to work and there's no child care. This announcement does not offer any solution for those parents

thecrossfader.bsky.social•10 days ago

And money? Who takes care of that?

3dogrunner.bsky.social•10 days ago

https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/measures/flu_vaccine/MS

big0s.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thanks for that link.

Shucks, perhaps a higher vaccination rate would make the flu less dangerous.

Do ya think?

gamongold.bsky.social•10 days ago

So how do hourly employees get paid when they stay home with sick kids? Kids kind of need a roof over their heads and food on the table too.

akeshon.bsky.social•10 days ago

With the attack on oversight of corporations and the powers that check them, I see this getting worse across the whole nation. Who will protect the people's jobs when these corporations constantly put pressure on us whether we are well or ill?

redspin.bsky.social•10 days ago

Mississippi ranks last or close to last in almost every leading health outcome. I wonder why...

revolution-zero.bsky.social•10 days ago

Not...."Take them to the doctor"
or "make sure your kids are fully vaccinated before the school year starts."
It's as if health care for working class people is considered "UPPITY."

scoffmantx.bsky.social•10 days ago

people HAVE to work. there are no safety nets now

taikkadragon.bsky.social•10 days ago

Clearly sick kids in class all week long, coughing sneezing and parents refusing to take them home. And now I’m sick and stuck home 😷 #michigan

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