Texas coronavirus cases top 1,300 from child care facilities alone

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN

As parents nationwide wonder if it's safe to send kids back to day care, Texas is grappling with a surge of Covid-19 cases from child care centers.

At least 1,335 people have tested positive from child care facilities in Texas, the state's Department of Health and Human Services reported Monday, citing figures from Friday.

Of those infected, 894 were staff members and 441 were children. The cases came from 883 child care facilities that are open in the state, DHHS said.

The new cases mark a significant increase from June 15, when there were 210 reported cases from 177 facilities -- including 141 staff members and 69 children.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-coronavirus-cases-top-1300-from-child-care-facilities-alone/ar-BB16p84K?li=BBnb7Kz

[deurbano]

1. My niece just tested positive working as a counselor at a Christian summer camp in Tyler, TX.

4 other counselors and 9 campers also tested positive, so they are in quarantine, and the next week of camp is suspended, but the subsequent weeks haven't been cancelled (so far)! This group has several other camps (serving different age groups) in TX with other campers/staff also testing positive, and they have yet to close any down! My niece's sister was a counselor at a camp in North Carolina, and she is now in quarantine because someone at that camp tested positive, too. At least they shut that one down! Total shit show... I don't understand why they were open in the first place.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

2. No way they are going to be able to have a full semester of school this fall

Hope they don’t spend too much money trying, because it will prove to be a wasted effort.

Can you imagine anticipating going off to college and then realize you can’t go? Suddenly your choices are trying to find a job that could put you at risk, or staying at home with mom and dad?

[Roc2020]

3. Starting to really set in

schools may be closed for the rest of the year

[NickB79]

4. 2 months until school is supposed to start too

Wonderful