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To: freepatriot32

Indiana's system will include...school absenteeism counts?

What, are they afraid of JUNIOR TERRORISTS or something?

How wonderful we can protect our schoolkids by having the state government put them into a database and make sure they are well. We could tattoo barcodes on them, too, so we could track them easier. That'd stop terrorism even BETTER.


3 posted on 03/29/2005 4:35:54 AM PST by LibertarianInExile (The South will rise again? Hell, we ever get states' rights firmly back in place, the CSA has risen!)
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To: LibertarianInExile
We could tattoo barcodes on them, too, so we could track them easier.

It's already being attempted.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1344985/posts

4 posted on 03/29/2005 4:42:55 AM PST by Dad2Angels
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To: LibertarianInExile

Knowing the baseline absenteeism helps to identify spikes. For example, if school absenteeism in the month of April is usually 6%, or if absenteeism at your major employer is usually 5%, and today you find 13% absenteeism, it's time to start asking questions.

Syndromic surveillance can give a health department a few extra hours, even a day or two, to mount a response that could result in limiting the consequences of an act of bioterrorism.


5 posted on 03/29/2005 4:51:25 AM PST by AngrySpud (Behold, I am The Anti-Crust ... Anti-Hillary)
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