Sickness is pervasive at the local high school

Tonight’s Pendleton-Walhalla jayvee football game has been canceled:  The reason, officials tell us, sickness on the part of 25% of the Razorback jayvee players. Jennifer Dodd, spokeswoman for Oconee public schools, also reports that Walhalla High this week reported “a higher number of students out this week due to illness, but not for one specific issue.”  Because of a spike in respiratory illness — and the impact on the regional health care system — Prisma Health today has scheduled a virtual update of the situation and has arranged three physicians to take part.