28 yr old teacher went to in-person teacher training. Diagnosed Friday-Died Monday from Covid19

[kpete]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina third grade teacher who was last in her classroom less than two weeks ago has died from COVID-19, officials at the Richland 2 School District said Wednesday.

Demetria “Demi” Bannister, 28, was diagnosed with the virus on Friday and died Monday, school district spokeswoman Libby Roof said in a news release.

Bannister was a third grade teacher starting her fifth year of teaching at Windsor Elementary School in Columbia, officials said.

She was at the school on Aug. 28, during a week of teacher workdays before the school year began. She started teaching the following week from home, officials said. The district said it is tracing anyone who had close contact with Bannister and instructed custodians to deeply clean the school.

https://apnews.com/4ee025ba6c4c19c024ce384503f23ef3

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[jpak]

1. 28? So sad

[Laelth]

2. "It's not just old people. It's young people too." - DJT

#TrumpKnew



-Laelth

[live love laugh]

3. WHY does Trump want this? Why does he want people to die? nt

[lonely bird]

6. Because he flat out doesn't give a shit

He is incapable of caring.

[lagomorph777]

9. Because he enjoys killing people. He's a psychopath.

[2naSalit]

11. Maybe he thinks he can soon declare...

That this is the rapture and he can lead his followers to utopia? It's either that or he likes killing people without actually shooting a gun or dropping a bomb.

[raccoon]

31. I don't think he wants people to die, he just doesn't care if they do. Nt

[DarthDem]

4. .

[Lucinda]

5. ...

[former9thward]

7. From the link there is no evidence it is school related.

And no mention of her underlying conditions.

[LisaL]

8. I believe close to 50 % of Americans have underlying conditions.

From the images I have seen of her, she was overweight. But so are many other Americans.
So the idea that most people who die from covid have "underlying conditions" is really not comforting to those of us who have underlying conditions.
As for where she got covid-she was at home until she went to the in school training.

[Delmette2.0]

12. Thank you for the comment about underlying conditions.

I'm 67 years old. I found out 18 months ago that I have a serious underlying condition that I was born with! Except for a bronchitis infection and an observant doctor I would have never known.

Now that I know and my family knows we are all very careful about protecting each other.

[bluestarone]

13. I'm thinking even higher than 50% ("underlying conditions")

I think they could use that excuse with more than 75% actually!! That's their BIG comeback!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. Yep.

Two thirds of the US population is overweight or obese.

How many more have diabetes, heart disease or kidney problems?

Right wingers strut around like pre existing conditions are some rare occurrence.

[iluvtennis]

17. + 1. nt

[thesquanderer]

20. Also from the pics, she was black, which is also higher risk of death. n/t

[former9thward]

25. Where in the story does it say she was at home until the school training?

[Merlot]

16. If it weren't for covid, underlying conditions wouldn't usually kill someone

Most people live their lives managing their conditions.

[iluvtennis]

18. Exactly. nt

[former9thward]

24. Actually most don't.

They die of them. Are you saying someone who is very overweight has the same life expectancy of someone who is not?

[Merlot]

28. "underlying conditions" is a term created by the insurance companies to avoid paying claims

[former9thward]

30. It is not "created"

It is real. The conditions are not made up. What the insurance companies are doing doesn't have anything to do with this discussion.

[Merlot]

32. Of course pre existing conditions are real, everyone has them.

duh.

[progressoid]

26. But how many people did she have contact with while infected?

[former9thward]

27. Who knows?

The story does not indicate when exactly she was infected or all of her activities around that time and going forward.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Maybe we need to build a Corona Virus Wall

to commemorate the fallen

Sadly be bigger than the Vietnam Wall

[irisblue]

14. 🕯️

[iluvtennis]

19. Another soul lost due to trump's negligent homicide. Demetria "Demi" Bannister should still be

on this earth.

Rest in Peace Demetria “Demi” Bannister

[Roc2020]

21. omg. other than a school shooter

no one would have imagined teachers were in danger of doing their jobs from a virus no less. Just mindblowing.

[thesquanderer]

22. Friday diagnosis to Monday death is SO fast...

...I wonder if this is one of those cases where it took many days (or even weeks) to get test results, and by the time she got them, it could have been too late to start some treatments that might have helped.

There's also the variable of how long she may have had symptoms before she decided to get tested in the first place. Especially when many people are hesitant to go out and visit a doctor/medical facility these days unless things are SO bad that they feel they really have to.

[Tommymac]

23. Let's avenge her and the other 190,000+ who should not have died.

VOTE ALL REPUBLICANS OUT.

Godspeed Demi.

[lindysalsagal]

29. We should all be testing weekly. But not in the gop's america.

THIS.IS.NOT."PRO-LIFE".