Not a hoax, many kids were sick

The stories about Central’s flu hoax have gone too far. Why don’t people believe that there were actual sick students? On Wednesday around 23 percent of students were out at the high school. So, maybe a few of those students wanted to get school canceled and stayed home on purpose. But, as a Central student who is ACTUALLY sick, I can tell you that I heard nothing of a planned sick-out.
All of these articles and blogs are making Central kids look like liars. Also, one blog I read just moments ago, mocks us for not pulling off this flu hoax. I really don’t appreciate being called a liar or being mocked for something I didn’t even do. I’ve been home sick this past week. Honestly, I’d rather be in school. I don’t like lying around worrying about the workload I’m going to have to make up come Monday.
Most of my friends were out sick this past week as well. Yes, they were actually sick! It’s sad because the media have made the flu hoax seem like fact and the actual flu seem like fiction.
We can’t even prove that there is a flu problem since local doctor’s aren’t testing. Apparently, we all have “probable swine flu.” They don’t want us going around saying we have swine flu because, people panic. The whole situation is just a mess.To all you people writing about the “flu hoax,” maybe you should do your research before pointing fingers at students who did nothing wrong.