The Paly Voice asked teachers and students what they thought about the recent outbreak of swine flu at Palo Alto High School and how they believed it was affecting the school.

“People need to stop kissing each other so much.” — Ben Sklaroff, senior

“It’s going to cause us to have to reevaluate our makeup work policies because we’ve got kids missing six to seven days of school.” — Eric Bloom, social science instructional supervisor

“I hope students who are sick stay home.” — Jack Bungarden, history teacher

“It sucks and it also shows how unsanitary a place crammed with 2000 teenagers can be.” — Henry Jordan, senior

“I think people are definitely overreacting because it’s not really that bad of a flu to have.” –Maddie Dahm, sophomore (left)

“Death.” — Tomer Arnon, sophomore

“For me I’m just paranoid because I don’t want to get sick and people are coming back while they are still sick.” — Cassie Prioleau, senior

“I think it’s surprising that so many students have it.” — Camille Ezran, junior