Attendance in the Lee County School District dropped to 81% just nine days after the first day of school.

Less than two weeks into the school year, a Kentucky school district has canceled in-person classes for the rest of the week after nearly a fifth of its students came down with Covid, strep throat, the flu and other illnesses.

The Lee County School District, which has just under 900 students, began classes Aug. 9 but noticed attendance drop to about 82% on Friday, Superintendent Earl Ray Schuler said.

By Monday, the rate dipped to 81%, and 14 staff members called in sick, Schuler said.

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    The virus doesn’t care about your feelings.

    You are willfully ignoring the simple science of the fact.

    Please, PLEASE get a handle on your emotions, and do some learning.

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      People don’t even moderately care that 50 people on the planet died from covid this month. I honestly can understand why. It’s clear you are deathly afraid of it, that’s you, not everyone else. You’re not selling your argument . Next time come with something legitimate and maybe you’ll get the attention you are looking for.