26/08/05
Absentee rate soaring to new highsClasses on wednesday were strangely quiet as an unknown "virus" continued to strike down members of the class as the prelims begin to take their toll.
Quoted from an unknown doctor: "Apparently this fatal virus, called
ponnius schoolus is most virulent on wednesday when the students do not get enough attention from the teachers.
It has been noted that the disease primarily strikes males rather than females. It seems that once afflicted by the disease, the individual becomes more susceptible to a re-infection again. Somehow the virus seems to overcome natural immunity. What's worse is that the virus is extremely CONTAGIOUS.
Individuals at risk include people who do not get enough sleep, people who haven't finished their revision and who worry too much about their grades.
Known modes of transmission : Strangely enough, handphones seem to be the vector for the virus in very much the same way as the Aedes mosquito. A single sms is known to be deadly enough to knockout a person.
No Hope for Recovery?Doctors say that they do not expect the disease to die out anytime soon. Doctors are trying "white slips" to help sufferers though the virus gains resistance fast.