{"id":10542,"date":"2014-10-07T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=10542"},"modified":"2014-10-08T13:16:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T17:16:25","slug":"meningitis-panic-not-a-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/07\/meningitis-panic-not-a-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Meningitis Panic? Not A Chance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Danville City School student has a case of viral meningitis. I&#8217;ve spoken to the director of the local health departments and he said there&#8217;s no need for alarm.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the letter that went home with all students today&#8230;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/242219209\/content?start_page=1&view_mode&access_key=key-YTTTPUi1iUJsW4TlBG2d\"  data-auto-height=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"scribd_242219209\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;width:100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/242219209\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I spoke with Dr. Matthew Arroyo, director of the local Virginia Department of Health offices here, and he said it&#8217;s the first case of viral meningitis that he can remember in his two years of working here. He also said that viral meningitis is extremely difficult to spread, so there&#8217;s really no danger of transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: This infection has to be reported to the state, so Danville Public Schools and the Virginia Department of Health just wanted to let everyone know what&#8217;s going on.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got more coming up on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/breakdown-danville-school-board-election\/sclogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sclogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"sclogo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Danville City School student has a case of viral meningitis. 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