( Vaccinated Parents) Slidell mom's 4 kids test positive for COVID-19, youngest 2 hospitalized

[BeckyDem]

'It's just scary': A Slidell mom's 4 kids test positive for COVID-19, youngest 2 hospitalized


Updated: 7:20 AM CDT Aug 17, 2021

SLIDELL, La. —
It's a parent's worst nightmare. Not one, but four kids testing positive for COVID-19. The youngest, 5-month-old Abigale and 2-year-old Shar are currently still at Children's Hospital in New Orleans, where there are little to no beds available. Abigale is on an assisted breathing machine, according to their mom, Gina Allen.

"The kids started coughing and sneezing. I, as a parent, felt like I failed. I felt like everything I had done to protect my kids was not good enough. I am telling you, the worst feeling as a parent is knowing you gave your child something that could possibly kill them," Allen said.

Allen said she and her husband were both vaccinated when they caught COVID-19 from the workplace at least 15 days ago.

They immediately isolated from the kids, but soon after, the four each came down with symptoms. All four kids are under 12 and were unable to get vaccinated.

"My children went from laughing and playing babies to laying around. Every time they moved, they coughed. They could not breathe. I just cannot wait until my babies are home. I would say I cannot wait to take my son to Chuck E. Cheese, but I am afraid now to bring them anywhere in public," Allen said.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise throughout Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish is still seeing some of the highest increases in cases and deaths in the entire state.
https://www.wdsu.com/article/its-just-scary-a-slidell-moms-4-kids-test-positive-for-covid-19-youngest-2-hospitalized/37323100#


( We're going to keep children safe without another lockdown? I doubt that will be possible. )

[Lovie777]

1. These stories need to be front and center for the country to witness ...

and yet, Afghanistan at this time is more important for the effed up media. Sucks.

[BeckyDem]

2. Agree completely.

Children are back in school in many states, we need to address the risk to their health now.

[BoomaofBandM]

4. My grandson goes back to school in a few weeks. No mask mandates, too young for a vaccine,

no remote school available this year. And he has a 1 year old sister. I don't think I am alone in being terrified for him and all the young kids who are going back to school.

[BeckyDem]

5. You are not alone.

My niece's family lives in Austin. Her 3 boys went back to school recently, one of the boys now has Covid.
They are scared, although the principal insisted on masks there were 3 staff members who refused, she had no authority to remove them from the school. Her other two boys are not going back to school. Her husband's family lives nearby and they will help out as they isolate it.

I do not like what I see coming.

[BoomaofBandM]

11. Best wishes to your family. Not really relevant but my daughter was born in Austin.

[BeckyDem]

13. Thank you. My daughter lives there too!

She is not married nor has children so she has offered to help my niece as well. I hope for the citizen's sake they get rid of Abbott.

[Demsrule86]

6. Avout three weeks ago my nephew went back to school ...no mask mandate and little

To no monitoring of the spread of covid. This is Georgia. Today he has covid and is pretty sick. He is still home for now. I would homeschool or do virtual if I were you. Most of my sis` s neighbor kids have it and the school is now on virtual learning...too little too late.

[BeckyDem]

8. So sorry to hear that.

Parents need a viable option out of school. Best wishes for your family's children's health, with a full recovery soon.

[BoomaofBandM]

10. I have left the offer open to do do. I am retired, only 63, and educated. It is up to his parents.

[BoomaofBandM]

12. Gentle hugs with a mask for you tor nephew.

[blm]

7. Vaccinating kids should've been a priority this summer

in the months BEFORE school started.

[LisaL]

9. Those under 12 are not eligible.

NT

[blm]

14. That's my point. They should have been.

[babylonsister]

15. I think not enough testing has been done

on kids. But the alternative is worse.

[blm]

16. That's why it needed to be a priority.

Instead the Fvcking antivax/antimask @ssholes are allowed to dominate the direction of debate in this country.

[vanlassie]

26. This is not the reason for the timeframe. The testing is being done as quickly as is prudent already

[ShazzieB]

37. Exactly. Not everything can be rushed as much as we would wish.

The process of clinical testing (i.e., testing on humans) of drugs, including vaccines, is a lot more complicated than I think most people realize. I'm no expert, so I'm hazy on the details. But here's a source that may help: https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-testing-and-regulation

[Sgent]

50. Not quite

they could have tripled the study size and finished in (approximately) 1/3 the time. They are waiting for X number of the placebo group to get infected before it undergoes certification. They are also using 3 different doses to see if there is any difference in the side effects/effectiveness of the doses.

What they weren't planning for was Delta (the trial was planned no later than Jan 1), and what seems to be greater infectiveness. That said if they didn't have any safety issues after 6 weeks they should have EUAed the low dose immediately with plans to just do another booster if neccessary.

[SarcasticSatyr]

17. My school board just voted 3 - 2 against a mask mandate ..

and the crazies were out in force at the meeting ...

https://flaglerlive.com/167018/chaos-meeting-masks/?fbclid=IwAR1ZMegf26JZ8p_OK6G3CiSwzGniSlsFK1AoN7fKfyDGVoXwJilvN8dpYHI


And if you want to see the full crazy on display, here it is on youtube:

[BeckyDem]

18. I don't care what anyone says, this is criminal negligence.

Too bad they do not pledge to help end the pandemic. omg, I can't take these people.

[Initech]

20. It's almost like they want the virus to win.

[BeckyDem]

39. The parents screaming no masks make me feel I am living in a sci-fi novel.

I can't take watching them in those town hall meetings.

[Initech]

40. I still wonder how many of them are actually parents or paid trolls?

My money is on the latter.

[BeckyDem]

42. I don't know. I feel terrible for any child with a parent that lost.

If a troll, how much lower can one get? ugh

[crickets]

46. 👆 That's a very good question, one more school boards should be asking.

'Parents' should at least have to show residency in the school district before being allowed to attend these meetings. Requiring ID for entry might cull a surprising number of the loudmouths.

[Initech]

47. Yeah I've seen footage on social media about this.

It's not the parents complaining about things like masks and vaccine mandates. It's these troll groups with names like "Protect The Children" that are infiltrating school board, city council, and county supervisor meetings with the intent of raising hell. These people who are disrupting are the ones who should be shown the door and told to fuck off.

[Skittles]

48. what an embarrassment to America

some of those people are seriously fucked up

[liberalla]

19. God, hope these kids get through this quickly without long term consequences...

I feel for the parents.

[dalton99a]

21. Kick

[gab13by13]

22. I have my 7 year old grandson for a week.

When we go to stores (just went to 3) we both wore masks. Sadly, most of the people were maskless. I was waiting for an idiot to jump me about wearing a mask because I was loaded for bear, both barrels.

[BeckyDem]

29. Selfish not to wear a mask, the variant is powerful.

Some just don't care.

Stay safe and enjoy your grandson.

[Roc2020]

23. Sending kids to the wolves

they can't get vaccinated and it's a war on masks. If Covid was an enemy it's as close to a surrender as it gets.

[BeckyDem]

31. Yep. There is no denying it is bad.

[IronLionZion]

24. When one person in a household gets infected

it's going to spread to everyone in the house. That's how transmissable this delta virus is. It's been a big problem in countries where several generations live together.

[littlemissmartypants]

25. Going to school is now a super spreader event.

Kids will not only get sick and possibly die, they will become vectors for the virus and spread it around like warm peanut butter.

[orleans]

27. as an aside, a couple weeks ago i heard a caller on wcpt (either thom hartmann's

show or joan espisito's show) who was against mask wearing for kids. this dad said last school yr the kids had to wear masks in school and then they'd all play after school without masks. so... masks don't do anything.
ugh!

[littlemissmartypants]

32. He may have said that masks don't do anything but we know that they do.

But distancing has to be an integral part of the interventions otherwise it's a wasted effort. ❤

[BeckyDem]

35. Here is the thing, with no vaccine for under 12 and no mask mandates, how in the

world is a parent to protect their child? Even with masks, I am not sure they should be in school. Are all the adults/staff they encounter vaccinated? When those children go home, are their parents vaccinated?

[littlemissmartypants]

36. They should not be in school without a significant percentage

Of the kids, teachers and staff vaccinated. If I had school age children right now I would not be sending them to school under any circumstances.

We're basically in a situation where we have a highly contagious variant, poor vaccination rates and an overabundance of vectors to spread the virus. Things are going to get a lot worse. We're basically at the mercy of everyone who refuses to get vaccinated.

[BeckyDem]

38. I'm afraid so. I am hoping the CDC will take some bolder steps.

[littlemissmartypants]

43. Me too, but I don't know what they'll be. ❤ nt

[Jon King]

28. Obesity is our crisis after Covid.

If we can not speak frankly about the obesity problem in America and put every ounce of our energy into it once we get a handle on Covid, we have failed our kids.

Enough with the politically correct nonsense, the biggest risk factor by far for the non elderly and worse outcome with Covid is obesity. Not one of us expected to see the photo of the family with a huge Covid problem and expected them to look fit.

We are not giving people the resources they need in poorer communities to eat healthy. Eating healthy is expensive. More money into community centers so both parents and kids can get proper instruction to improve their health.

We need a full bore national effort to combat obesity, lots more education and the financial resources to exercise and eat healthy.

[littlemissmartypants]

34. Wow, that's a little harsh. I guess I should be thankful you didn't

Insist we immediately tackle the heartless, stupidity epidemic next.

[ShazzieB]

41. Really?

"Not one of us expected to see the photo of the family with a huge Covid problem and expected them to look fit."

I actually never even thought about what they might look like.

And speaking of looks, fat shaming is not a good one.

[XanaDUer2]

44. I live in a poorer area,

but I have a car, and just enough to get to a store with fruits and vegetables. My heart goes out to those who live in food deserts and shop at Dollar Store, etc al for "groceries".

[LizBeth]

45. This 42 yr old Southport man is looking pretty healthy to me.

[link:|]

[SarcasticSatyr]

49. Looks can be deceiving ..

"However, McCann said her brother had asthma in an earlier tweet on 3 July"

[LizBeth]

51. Conversation was inevitable obese person with these deaths. No, looks are not deceiving per weight.

[cstanleytech]

30. Alot of these deaths could be prevented if we did not have Republican sociopaths in government.

[BeckyDem]

33. +1. It could have been so different.

I never would have thought so many would refuse masks and vaccines. But I never thought I would witness a US president try and pull off a coup either.