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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchool nurse Cindee Kasey recently became the 7th Polk County (FL) school employee to die of COVID
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Ron Filipkowski
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School nurse Cindee Kasey recently became the SEVENTH Polk County (FL) school employee to die of covid since school started this year. We came back to school and it just spread like wildfire.
5:58 PM · Sep 26, 2021
Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
School nurse Cindee Kasey recently became the SEVENTH Polk County (FL) school employee to die of covid since school started this year. We came back to school and it just spread like wildfire.
5:58 PM · Sep 26, 2021
Gee, if only there was a free and effective vaccine....
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School nurse Cindee Kasey recently became the 7th Polk County (FL) school employee to die of COVID (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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Baitball Blogger
(46,678 posts)1. School opened, and "it spread like wildfire."
If only they had warning.
Skittles
(153,111 posts)3. yup
she sounds a bit surprised.....by how a VIRUS works
LeftInTX
(25,106 posts)5. But if it's like Texas, the state gov doesn't care
Happy Hoosier
(7,215 posts)9. And if only there was some mitigate to mitigate the spread... NT
Skittles
(153,111 posts)2. I wish they would mention if these folk were vaccinated
I can't imagine that she wasn't but who knows with the Trump cult in action
Phoenix61
(16,992 posts)4. I'd bet money she wasn't vaccinated. It's Florida. nt
LeftInTX
(25,106 posts)6. There are Floridians on DU who are vaccinated
I'm in Texas and I'm vaccinated.
Phoenix61
(16,992 posts)8. I'm in Florida and there's under 40% vaxed in my county.
The odds of someone young enough to still be working and vaxed dying is astronomically small.
riversedge
(70,056 posts)7. so horrible. She helps people-kids everyday and then dies of Covid.