Current Events > Over 11, 000 Floridian children have been diagnosed with COVID-19

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https://www.wtxl.com/news/coronavirus/more-than-11-000-children-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-florida

As the Florida Department of Education mandates that public K-12 schools must open in August, thousands of children in Florida are continuing to test positive for COVID-19.
According to the Florida Department of Health's latest data, more than 11,000 children under 18 have tested positive for coronavirus since the pandemic began in March.
Of the 11,515 kids who tested positive, the majority of those cases stem from four Florida counties: Broward, Dade, Palm Beach and Hillsborough.
So far, three children, a 17-year-old boy in Pasco County, a 16-year-old girl in Lee County, and an 11-year-old boy in Miami-Dade County, have died from the virus.

The CDC says children do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults and Gov. DeSantis has said that younger populations are typically asymptomatic or have mild symptoms with a much lower risk for fatality.
However, the CDC says children can still pass the virus onto others who have an increased risk of severe illness and could still face negative health outcomes that may require hospitalization.
Children may also be at risk for contracting a rare but serious inflammatory disorder called Multisystem inflammatory syndrome or MIS-C. According to the CDC, MIS-C is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs.
FDOH reported that a total of 13 children had developed MIS-C after having confirmed COVID-19 infections.

Forcing schools to open back up should be seen as an act of biological terrorism against children.

We need you to save us, Daddy Gates.

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Too bad there's nothing that can be done about this.

/s

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Sacrificing children is stand Trump is willing to make, as long as it helps his re-election chances.

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008Zulu posted...

Sacrificing children is stand Trump is willing to make, as long as it helps his re-election chances.

It clearly won't but Trump is legitimately too stupid to realize that.

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008Zulu posted...

Sacrificing children is stand Trump is willing to make, as long as it helps his re-election chances.

Oh yes if my child gets sick and dies from coronavirus I'm going to go vote for the guy that demanded I still send my kid to school.

Waging the war on teachers and education only gets you so far.

It cost Matt Bevin here in KY. If this keeps up, it will only continue the landslide loss Trump is looking to experience in November.

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Even if you accept that kids will be fine, something that sadly isn't a guarantee, schools opening would make the spread that much worse. How many house holds do you think a single class has, about 20? Even if you cut it down, it takes one kid coming in with the virus to give it to all the kids in the class room and the teacher, then they go back home and they give it to their family. It's a virus, we've known for who knows how long that this is how it works.

Then you have to mention school buses, aka rolling petri dishes. Even with masks, it's impossible to social distance on those things. One infected kid could spread in that kind of confined space.

I get wanting to open up schools, but until it's under control I just don't see why anyone scream to the heavens to get it done. It's just not logistically possible at this moment in time. If you are hell bent on opening up school in the fall, well then we need to act now and get it under control before then. Maybe instead of blaming democrats we work to try and get to the point where school is possible? But nah, that's something a leader would do, it's easier to do nothing and scream about the democrats.

Ron DeSantis doesnt have school aged children, but he says he would have zero concern sending his children back to school if they were of age.

I think he is full of shit.

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CellBlock7 posted...

Ron DeSantis doesnt have school aged children, but he says he would have zero concern sending his children back to school if they were of age.

I think he is full of shit.

A governor being full of shit? Color me shocked

MachineJaipur posted...

Forcing schools to open back up should be seen as an act of biological terrorism against children.

What an annoying commentary you have.

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Conservatives have told me it doesn't affect children at all so I'm glad that there won't be anything bad happen to any of them.

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deupd_u posted...

What an annoying commentary you have.

He's channeling Trump's form of commentary

Ruvan22 posted...

He's channeling Trump's form of commentary

Not enough random emphasis.

I feel like theres a good chance that even if schools open, a lot of parents wont comply and will keep their kids home.

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Teachers seem to always get fucked by our government.

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How many have died ? I'm not here to argue I'm just looking for stats

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pepper2012 posted...

How many have died ? I'm not here to argue I'm just looking for stats

Deaths lag you have to wait two to three weeks to get an idea of the real death numbers.

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pepper2012 posted...

How many have died ? I'm not here to argue I'm just looking for stats

the article mentioned at least 3 kids by name that had died.

MachineJaipur posted...

the article mentioned at least 3 kids by name that had died.

So 3 out of 11000 ?

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pepper2012 posted...

So 3 out of 11000 ?

I'm sure they didn't want to do a recap of all the dead children in a tangentially related article.

MachineJaipur posted...

I'm sure they didn't want to do a recap of all the dead children in a tangentially related article.

Sloppy reporting then

"Well, we don't want to use the provided database which lists deaths from Ages <1 to 17, so we'll just say that 3 kids died and let readers think that in actually, more died.

http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners/covid19_report_archive/pediatric_report_latest.pdf
Data through Jul 9, 2020 verified as of Jul 10, 2020 at 09:25 AM
Only 4 dead, out of 17073 cases

HiddenRoar posted...

Sloppy reporting then

"Well, we don't want to use the provided database which lists deaths from Ages <1 to 17, so we'll just say that 3 kids died and let readers think that in actually, more died.

http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners/covid19_report_archive/pediatric_report_latest.pdf
Data through Jul 9, 2020 verified as of Jul 10, 2020 at 09:25 AM
Only 4 dead, out of 17073 cases

Regardless, even if they're not dying or even particularly symptomatic, do we really want to send them to school so they can spread it among themselves and their families?

At the end of the article I quote

"FDOH reported that a total of 13 children had developed MIS-C after having confirmed COVID-19 infections." I do not think any parent wants to risk MIS-C.

If we had a centralized authority helping with the online teaching, then it could be as compelling as tv.

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Shit, I thought many kids werent affected by this?

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Kazi1212 posted...

Shit, I thought many kids werent affected by this?

tbh 11,000 out of the millions of kids in Florida isn't exactly many

It is still too many to be comfortable though