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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums28 yr old teacher went to in-person teacher training. Diagnosed Friday-Died Monday from Covid19
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.
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jpak
(41,742 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)#TrumpKnew
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live love laugh
(13,009 posts)lonely bird
(1,642 posts)He is incapable of caring.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2naSalit
(86,061 posts)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
(31,092 posts)former9thward
(31,805 posts)And no mention of her underlying conditions.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)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
(4,143 posts)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
(16,722 posts)I think they could use that excuse with more than 75% actually!! That's their BIG comeback!
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,273 posts)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
(19,758 posts)thesquanderer
(11,955 posts)former9thward
(31,805 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Most people live their lives managing their conditions.
iluvtennis
(19,758 posts)former9thward
(31,805 posts)They die of them. Are you saying someone who is very overweight has the same life expectancy of someone who is not?
Merlot
(9,696 posts)former9thward
(31,805 posts)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
(9,696 posts)duh.
progressoid
(49,827 posts)former9thward
(31,805 posts)The story does not indicate when exactly she was infected or all of her activities around that time and going forward.
bucolic_frolic
(42,678 posts)to commemorate the fallen
Sadly be bigger than the Vietnam Wall
iluvtennis
(19,758 posts)on this earth.
Rest in Peace Demetria Demi Bannister
Roc2020
(1,604 posts)no one would have imagined teachers were in danger of doing their jobs from a virus no less. Just mindblowing.
thesquanderer
(11,955 posts)...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
(7,263 posts)VOTE ALL REPUBLICANS OUT.
Godspeed Demi.