Period 4 - Epidemics

We started off with sharing our ideas on how the band class got sick on May 20 and 21. Here are some of our ideas:

• The effect of food poisoning lasts for 2 days and after the battle of the bands, the bands were out for about 2 days.


• Some parents thought their kids had the flu or food poisoning.


• One school possibly got a disease from a recent college field trip


• A student came home from band and complained of a head and stomach ache.


• The students may have healthy immune systems and faught the virus quickly

Some people wanted some information from Mr. Finley's friend. Here is what they wanted:

• I want to know where they went after the battle of the bands.


• I want to know where th battle of the bands was held.


• Who got sick and what they did that was different from anyone else.

Mr. Finley liked our ideas and will try to get back to us on our questions.

After that, we continued figuring outwhat got the kids sick. A lot of people think it's the West Nile Virus. I am one of those people. I think it is the West Nile Virus because the symptoms match. Some other people think it is food poisoning. They believe that because the sickness lasted for the same amount as food poisoning would.

We just got a list of the places the kids ate and what they did. Most of the people went to Cheep Chicken Hut or Biff's Restaurant. Nobody got sick from Biff's, but a lot of people got sick from Cheep Chicken Hut.