Children's Hospital of Georgia: death of child positive for COVID

[struggle4progress]

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — The Children’s Hospital of Georgia reported the first death of a pediatric patient, who tested positive for COVID-19, Wednesday. The Aiken County Coroner’s Office confirmed the patient was a 9-year-old boy who attended North Augusta Elementary School ...

https://www.wjbf.com/top-stories/chog-reports-death-of-child-who-tested-positive-for-covid-19/

[Demsrule86]

1. That is just awful. So many kids where my sister lives...Paulding County...are sick with

Covid, the school is back on virtual. They won't even say who has it or tell if your child was exposed. I think some of these governors should be prosecuted when this is over.

[spinbaby]

3. That's awful

They should tell you if your kid was exposed. It’s like they’re trying to spread it.

[struggle4progress]

2. School board meeting called to address concerns

By Shakailah Heard
Sep 3, 2021

...Dr. John Bradley, the chairman of the Aiken County Board of Education, has called a special board meeting to be held Tuesday after hearing about the students’ deaths ...

Classes began in Aiken County on Aug. 16. After the first week of classes, there were three COVID-19-related hospitalizations reported in the public school district – at Graniteville Elementary, Redcliffe Elementary and Aiken Elementary School. Last week, there was a hospitalization reported for Greendale Elementary ...

“The situation is not good in the schools,” Bradley said. “We have over 4,000 students in quarantine cases and are still technically not much higher than they were last year, but we do have a number of kids and staff members with COVID” ..

there will be no public participation scheduled for this special meeting ... Seating in the room will be socially distanced, and attendees are highly encouraged to wear masks or face coverings ...

https://www.postandcourier.com/aikenstandard/education/north-augusta-elementary-student-with-covid-19-dies-school-board-meeting-called-to-address-concerns/article_2ba84e2e-0ce7-11ec-8609-a3ddb79c1b4e.html

[crickets]

4. "no public participation scheduled for this special meeting"

GOOD. Enough of the circus, here's hoping they get some serious discussion done about student safety, and that someone there will also address nonsense like this:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website, students who are fully vaccinated do not need to quarantine after contact with someone who had COVID-19 unless they have symptoms.

Just because an exposed student is fully vaccinated and asymptomatic does not mean they are uninfected or unable to pass the exposure along.