Attack of the Norovirus!
Hope College was shut down by order of the Health Department at 1 p.m. on Friday because of a norovirus outbreak on campus. As of Friday afternoon, approximately 120 students had become sick. We won't begin holding classes again until Tuesday morning, at the earliest, which means that I won't be teaching on Monday. For me, this is a considerable bother rather than an unexpected holiday--for my poetry class to function it is important that we stay on schedule. We do not have much flexibility.
The norovirus is a nasty thing, but not life threatening.
The story is here.
I am praying that all of my students (past and present) stay well.
In my attorney-job, I represent the Health Department, so this made for an interesting couple of days.
Since I do not have to prepare for class, I am going to work on a poem.
posted by greg rappleye at 10:29 AM
6 Comments:
I know students are always praying for ways to get out of school, but I'm pretty sure this isn't one of the more popular prayers.
I still don't know what the hell norovirus is.
Hannah:
It is basically "the stomach flu."
Vomiting, cramps and barfalonis of the blowhole, cha, cha, cha.
It is very contagious but lasts only a couple of days.
I hope you stay well!
Just a few minutes, I was reading the letters in the NYRB (Nov. 20 issue, predated, of course), and there was a letter from a professor of Religion at Hope College.
All I could think was, "Who is it I know who is there or was there or something like that?"
Then I just read your post and thought, "It was Greg I was thinking of, of course!"
Barfalonis of the Blowhole? Wasn't that a heavy metal group in the Eighties?
You can all keep your norovirus up there in Holland. I've had several students (at least 2 a week) for the last several weeks out a few days at a time...hmmm.
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