While some of those kids are seriously ill, a fairly large percentage simply need to be isolated to prevent the spread of minor illnesses such as pinkeye and chicken pox.
In the late 1940s, as a vehemently anti-Communist Congressman, Richard Nixon charged that then Secretary of State Dean Acheson suffered from "a form of pinkeye toward the .
Last year Rachel Ellentuck spent $10,000 to send two daughters, 8 and 11, to overnight camp, where they endured pinkeye, athlete's foot and bouts of loneliness.
Finding a 'Dr. on Duty' 'I have pinkeye!' my daughter announced indignantly. 'This is my birthday trip and I'm hideous! How can I look cute with this? I'm never going outside again!' And she threw the sheets back over her head in resolution.
July 9, 2013 - Reno Gazette-Journal
Dave Righetti in Newsday Puff had pinkeye,Righetti said, using Nettles' nickname. "I told him that he wasn't driving. He goes, 'Well, I can drive. I'll be fine driving.' He's talking to me like this, and I think it was the seventh or eighth inning. I think he...