More than 500,000 children tested positive for Covid-19 in 3 weeks. Experts say school mask mandates

[TexasTowelie]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- The dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations due to the more transmissible Delta variant is significantly impacting all age groups, particularly Americans ages 11 or younger who are not yet eligible to receive vaccinations.

More than 500,000 children tested positive for Covid-19 in the US from August 5 to August 26, according to state data collected by the American Academy of Pediatrics. At least 203,962 of those cases were reported in the week of August 19 to August 26; In late June, one weekly reported number was just shy of 8,500.

With concerns building over safely allowing children to return to in-person learning at schools, health experts agree that mask mandates are an effective tool in stemming infections.

"The virus is raging in all these children who are unvaccinated, which is why in schools mask mandates are so important," CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner told Jake Tapper last week, pointing out that inoculation rates are also low among adolescents who are eligible. "They have no other protection. They're literally sitting ducks."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

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Full title: More than 500,000 children tested positive for Covid-19 in 3 weeks. Experts say school mask mandates are needed

[brer cat]

1. Politics is more important than children's lives.

grrrrr!

[BigmanPigman]

2. Children, women, etc are all thrown undre the bus by the GQP.

Power, control, sociopathy and saidism are all attributes of the GQP.

[twodogsbarking]

3. Masks won't do the job.

Spreads too easily. The kids may survive but they will spread it to others.
Duh.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. Exactly, masks don't cut it as protection against this Delta virus

Because we are dealing with children and they don't keep the masks on and the Delta variant is very, very contagious. And all these kids and people in one area day after day, going out to other people then coming together again, guarantees each of them will catch it.

Which variant is coming next? Because opening up schools is just what is needed to incubate a really nasty new variant.

All because capitalism is dying and we have to open up to keep the failed economic system alive. Otherwise how will the filthy rich make billions again? I mean already cruise ship and chain restaurant billionaires are a bit poorer. Do you want them to go down to their last $5 million?

[twodogsbarking]

14. That sums it up. Thanks.

[IronLionZion]

15. Some kids have died already

including some with no other medical issues, only COVID.

[onetexan]

4. All parents need to keep their kids @home till vaccines are available 4 kids

I dont have small children but do have nieces & nephews w kids. I worry for their safety.

[róisín_dubh]

7. Millions of parents can't...

because who's going to watch the kids while the parents work.
This is a no win situation.

[Farmer-Rick]

12. Yeah, my son refused to send his kids back

He said he's not sending his kids to the virus factory.

He's homeschooling. He just gave up on the school system and their rediculus plans. But he's lucky, he and his wife both work from home. And their schedules are so they can take turns with the kids.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. "They're literally sitting ducks." We knew this was coming, but the push for "normal"

carries the day. Prepare for another very large covid wave. Kids in elementary school need masks, distancing, ventilation or they are at extreme risk. Even with that, they are at risk.

[thesquanderer]

10. Literally sitting ducks? A previously unreported effect of the pandemic.

I had no idea this was happening to our kids...

[Evolve Dammit]

16. I was quoting the post if you read it

[thesquanderer]

17. I knew that. (Plus you even put it in quotes!) Comment was relevant regardless... n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Not finding the humor in kids getting covid

[thesquanderer]

19. It was about "literally." Side levity, not actually about kids getting covid. (n/t)

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. Too many kids are little more than status symbols

For some people. They don't care about them. They care about money and looking the part. You know, 3.4 kids and 1.6 pets? Makes me sick to my stomach. This is part of the reason why I stopped working in education. Too many are doing almost everything except educating. Then, when you have slime using them as political or social pawns... so freaking disgusting.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Dead children are meaningless to anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers.

Dead children are meaningless to anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers.

It's no big deal to them when only a few die.

Start about 45 seconds on the timeline

From Fox

http://embed.crooksandliars.com/embed/dKFHb0HY

[Joinfortmill]

9. 👍

[IronLionZion]

13. How many children died from wearing masks?

The liberal media never reports that.

[BlueWavePsych]

20. Kids can't be replaced governors can

[roamer65]

21. But...but...but...the FETUSES!

[AwakeAtLast]

22. Two weeks in and we are already clamping down

I'm in Illinois, so mask mandated, bit distancing was given the heave ho. Until next week. We go back to extreme mitigation the day after Labor Day. If that doesn't stop it, we will have to go remote. We were only remote for about 6 days last year.