(Oct 22, 2014, (INOLA, Oklahoma))--Three students who just returned from a mission trip to East Africa caused Ebola scares at one Oklahoma high school.
Reports circulated on social media about the students returning to school and that raised fears of classmates coming into contact with people who might have been exposed to the virus; but there is currently no cause for alarm. Inola School Superintendent, Dr. Kent Holbrook, said 18 students didn't show up for class Monday because of the rumors
He said to ease fears school nurses are monitoring the three students who just returned from Ethiopia, but stresses they have never come into contact with anyone or anything associated with the deadly virus. "You have to respond with facts rather than just the fear and I think that's what's happening,” Holbrook said.
Rumors started circulating through social media when parents in the Inola School District learned three students would be returning from a mission trip to Ethiopia last week. Holbrook said rumors the students were exposed to the Ebola virus are just false.
"Our students were not exposed to Ebola. There was no person that was sick on the trip. There was no person sick Ethiopia while they were there. There was no person on the plane," Holbrook said. Read more from News on 6 »
Reports circulated on social media about the students returning to school and that raised fears of classmates coming into contact with people who might have been exposed to the virus; but there is currently no cause for alarm. Inola School Superintendent, Dr. Kent Holbrook, said 18 students didn't show up for class Monday because of the rumors
He said to ease fears school nurses are monitoring the three students who just returned from Ethiopia, but stresses they have never come into contact with anyone or anything associated with the deadly virus. "You have to respond with facts rather than just the fear and I think that's what's happening,” Holbrook said.
Rumors started circulating through social media when parents in the Inola School District learned three students would be returning from a mission trip to Ethiopia last week. Holbrook said rumors the students were exposed to the Ebola virus are just false.
"Our students were not exposed to Ebola. There was no person that was sick on the trip. There was no person sick Ethiopia while they were there. There was no person on the plane," Holbrook said. Read more from News on 6 »
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