Sneeze, Cough, Blow Nose, Repeat

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It's that time again, actually from the first week of school it always feels like it's that time, Flu season! How do teachers make it a whole school year without getting sick? I know some teachers can't, but it seems like the majority of them never get sick. This week both of my boys were out sick from school but I didn't get sick. I usually don't catch what they have because it's just the two of them and I tend to contain the problem before it spreads to everyone in the house. Two is easy to contain, what about 15-20 kids in a class that are taking turns each week being out sick, how do you survive that? I remember when I was in school the nurse could give us over the counter pain medication for a headache or Pepto for a stomachache, what happened to that? Having a note for prescribed medication was always a  must, but what happened to the school nurse’s supply of over the counters? Even something as simple as cough drop has to be signed in these days, what’s that about? In preparation of entering the never ending zone of germs, I hope that several cases of Lysol and tons of hand sanitizer will do the trick, it works at home, so hopefully it’ll carry me through!Cold & Flu