About 20,000 Mississippi students in quarantine for COVID-19 exposure

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/08/17/covid-mississippi-children-20-000-students-quarantine/8171250002/

JACKSON — A top Mississippi health official said Tuesday that about 20,000 students are currently quarantined for COVID-19 exposure in the state — 4.5% of the public school population, according to the state's latest enrollment figures.

The data comes from reports made by 800 schools to the Mississippi State Department of Health last week, Mississippi State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said during a call with state pediatricians.

“These disruptions ... are going to continue for a while," Byers said to members of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

At least five Mississippi children have died since the coronavirus pandemic was first reported in the state in March 2020.

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[zuul]

1. Wait, what is "quarantine?" I thought it was spelled "corn teen" in Mississippi.

My Mother lives in Mississippi. We were talking on the phone this morning and had a good chuckle about all the Facebook posts she has seen recently in which the MAGAts mistakenly spell "quarantine" as "corn teen."

[Nevilledog]

3. ...

[MissB]

5. That reminds me

I saw a post on nextdoor about a rabbit someone was trying to give away.

They listed it as an “unnuttered” male.

[marie999]

6. Should butter the corn first.

[tanyev]

2. Obviously, the problem is that the quarantine rules are too restrictive.

[BeckyDem]

4. When will CDC say lockdown?

This is a powerful variant, it will find you.