13-year-old Missouri boy dies from Covid-19 complications
Source: NBC News
An eighth grade Missouri boy died over the weekend of Covid-19 complications, becoming the state's, and one of the nation's, youngest deaths from the coronavirus.
In a statement, Dr. Lori VanLeer, superintendent of Missouri's Washington School District, said that the Baumgarth family confirmed their 13-year-old son Peyton had passed away from complications of the virus.
VanLeer said Peyton died less than two weeks after he last attended class.
The boy's last day of eighth grade was on October 22. He began a quarantine on October 26.
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(171,106 posts)Blood on his hands.
CDC changed report on Covid and kids after Trump officials request
By DAN DIAMOND
10/05/2020 04:32 AM EDT
WASHINGTON In early September, as many school districts were still deciding whether to hold in-person classes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention altered the title of a scientific report on the coronavirus and removed words like "pediatric" from its text, days after a Trump administration appointee requested similar changes, according to emails obtained by POLITICO.
That request issued by then-public affairs official Paul Alexander came amid President Donald Trump's broader push to reopen schools, with the president issuing demands on Twitter the prior day that "Democrats, OPEN THE SCHOOLS ( SAFELY)," and holding a press conference that touted data on the relatively low risk of Covid-19 for children.
"On schools, as part of our science-based approach, we want schools to safely open and stay open," Trump told reporters on Sept. 10. "Children are at extremely low risk of complications from the virus."
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(8,082 posts)across the nation. With the fall and winter coming before Joe is inaugurated, so many more people are going to die needlessly.
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(37,012 posts)No big deal to the Trumps. "Almost nothing" says Donald Jr.
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(153,261 posts)we are used to their lack of empathy but, still.....