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  • MI: Illness closes Mt. Pleasant Public Schools Thursday and Friday - Norovirus confirmed

    Source: http://www.ourmidland.com/news/artic...871e3ce6c.html

    Illness closes Mt. Pleasant Public Schools Thursday and Friday
    By Lisa Satayut for the Midland Daily News Midland Daily News |
    Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:57 pm | Updated: 1:26 pm, Wed Jan 11, 2012.

    Hundreds of students in Isabella County are home sick today with what could be the flu or a stomach virus. In an effort to stop the spreading of the illness the Mt. Pleasant School District will be closed Thursday and Friday...

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    Re: MI: Illness closes Mt. Pleasant Public Schools Thursday and Friday

    Mt. Pleasant schools close due to stomach virus

    Published: Thursday, January 12, 2012

    By RYAN BERLIN
    Sun Staff Writer

    Mt. Pleasant School District will be closed Thursday and Friday due to a virus that has spread around to more than 200 students.

    Saginaw Chippewa Academy and the Renaissance Public School Academy also will be closed

    ?We believe it is Norovirus but that hasn?t been confirmed yet,? Superintendent Mike Pung said.

    ?It started (Wednesday) when we had about 40 students who were out sick and today there are 206 absences.?

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    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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      Re: MI: Illness closes Mt. Pleasant Public Schools Thursday and Friday

      Medical director says Ganiard outbreak followed typical norovirus pattern

      Published: Saturday, January 14, 2012
      By RYAN BERLIN
      Sun Staff Writer

      Earlier this week Mt. Pleasant School district canceled all of its classes because of a viral outbreak.

      Isabella County Central Michigan District Health Department medical director Dr. Robert Graham believes the outbreak is norovirus and nothing else.

      ?We are not suspecting (food poisoning) at all. It doesn?t follow the food poisoning pattern,? Graham said. ?(Ganiard Elementary) has a pristine record when it comes to food service. That doesn?t mean there couldn?t be a slipup, but it doesn?t act like a foodborne illness to me.

      ?The way it was spread it would be hit or miss and the attack rate wouldn?t be so high,? Graham said. ?If just the kids who ate the macaroni got sick then that would alert us to a possible foodborne illness, but we didn?t see that kind of pattern.?

      Samples have not yet confirmed what the virus is because they are still being collected. Once stool samples are collected they will be sent to a lab in Lansing and tested.

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      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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        Re: MI: Illness closes Mt. Pleasant Public Schools Thursday and Friday - Norovirus confirmed

        Norovirus confirmed as source of Ganiard stomach flu outbreak

        Published: Tuesday, January 24, 2012

        By MARK RANZENBERGER
        @ranzenberger
        TheMorningSun.com

        The bug that sickened more than 200 Mt. Pleasant Public Schools students has been positively identified as a strain of norovirus.

        In a statement posted to the Mt. Pleasant schools? website, authorities said tests run for the Central Michigan District Health Department identified the virus as the G-2 strain of norovirus, one of the most common strains.

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        "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
        -Nelson Mandela

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