10 children on life support as Mississippi sees surge in delta variant cases

[jpak]

Source: wapt.com

JACKSON, Miss. —

Concern about the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant is rising in Mississippi.

State health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said in a tweet Tuesday that 12 children are in the ICU and 10 are on life support because of a surge in delta variant cases.

Dobbs also said that "pretty much" all cases in Mississippi right now are the delta variant. He said the vast majority of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are of people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 219 new COVID-19 cases and 10 additional deaths on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 325,072 cases and 7,451 deaths since the pandemic began.



Read more: https://www.wapt.com/article/10-children-on-life-support-as-mississippi-sees-surge-in-delta-variant-cases/37010954#

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. To the good people of Mississippi: This is your wake-up call. Get The Vaccine, NOW. n/t

[riversedge]

3. I am hoping the parents will

get vaccinated [if not already]

[wnylib]

16. Before getting too judgmental about them,

consider the high poverty rate and rural nature of Mississippi. Many people do not have access to vaccine sites. No car. No public transportation in rural, isolated areas. In such a red state, they cannot count on state or local governments or health systems to reach out to them or make vaccines readily available. This is especially true for the large number of African Americans in Mississippi, as well as for Asians and Latin Americans.

I blame the political leaders and the racist society there. This will affect people of color far worse than Whites.

[wnylib]

22. If they have a way to get to Walmart.

If they have money for the luxury of buying something new.

If they have a reliable source of information to know how serious covid is, the need for a vaccine, and that it is safe to get vaccinated.

If it is available at any Walmart in Mississippi.

If there is a Walmart near them.

[wnylib]

27. Advocate for what? For condemning

people who are not able to get vaccinated? You can be sure that I am not an advocate for that.

Clearly you don't understand the effects of poverty, both rural and urban.

I am optimistic that there are people who are caring and non judgmental.

[wnylib]

30. Don't wait too long.

Bye.

[Mrsfiddlegirl]

20. Mobile unit

They need to use some of those Homeland Security and FEMA fancy RVs and get out there to the people! This should be protocol in all under served rural communities in the country. Send local advocates along for the ride.

[wnylib]

24. Now that sounds like a good solution.

I hope it gets done.

[jpak]

25. The MS qop gov says no to federal aid

Not going to happen

The MS Qgop might have just as well handed out smallpox blankets to its citizens.

Yup

[wnylib]

26. And that is a large part of the

reason why so few people in MS are vaccinated.

The eagerness on this thread to condemn the people and cheer their infections is disturbing. Is that what polarization has done to us? It's one thing to criticize stubborn covid deniers and anti vaxxers. But it is just damned cold to do it with people whose leaders have not made vaccines or vaccine info available to a large number of persons in tbe state.

[LiberatedUSA]

37. That would never be allowed to happen...

...and red states would not do allow it (which is where most of the unvaccinated are at) and red gun voting voters would consider it an attack on their homes; then the shootings at those coming to “kidnap their children” would start; sanctioned by the red states.

Not happening. And the military isn’t allowed to do the job of the cops.

[iluvtennis]

31. Me too. n/t

[Initech]

11. +100000000000000000000000000000000

[riversedge]

2. "Mississippi lags behind most other states. The percentage of the state's population that is fully v

.............Even though much of the nation has made progress with vaccinations, Mississippi lags behind most other states. The percentage of the state’s population that is fully vaccinated is 33.4 percent, according to Our World in Data.

On Tuesday, the State Department of Health reported 219 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 new deaths.

Dobbs tweeted on Monday that almost all current COVID-19 cases in Mississippi are the Delta variant, and that he’s worried that seven percent of recent COVID deaths were vaccinated people.

Read more here: https://www.sunherald.com/news/coronavirus/article252748863.html#storylink=cpy

[NH Ethylene]

4. When children start to die, parents will line up to get them (or themselves) vaccinated.

This is my hope, anyway. The fear of losing a child supersedes all else.

Time will tell.

[AverageOldGuy]

17. Don't count on it

This is Mississippi we are talking about.

[NH Ethylene]

21. LOL! Yeah I tend to be an optimist. n/t

[PortTack]

5. That awful gov there was back peddling tough talk about low vaccination rates and no need for

Federal help

My god..these are just kids!! Criminal

[Jerry2144]

13. So much for being

“Pro-life”. Only fetal tissues matter. Not fully born children

[Mysterian]

7. And they cheer at Trump's nazi rally

as children die.

[Javaman]

9. they'll bury their heads in the sand and will call this "fake news".

to the repukes: something is only a problem when it effect them, otherwise it's either bullshit to them or not their problem.

[Chainfire]

8. As far as Republicans are concerned, it doesn't matter, the children have already been born.

[stillcool]

28. good point.

[marie999]

10. And even though my husband and I have received our Moderna shots,

we still wear our masks, not for ourselves, but for our great-grandchildren who can't get the vaccine yet. If you are around children then you should still be wearing a mask. It is a lot easier putting on a mask than a bra, but I still wear a bra.

[pstokely]

39. I still see maskless kids indoors

a few wear them, but that's just a few

[knightmaar]

12. That's crazy. The province of Ontario has 15 million people and only about 9k deaths

Three times the population, and barely more deaths.

If we were like Mississippi, we'd have something like 25k deaths.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Low vax rates mean more deaths. Happy dance at CPAC.

Low vax rates mean more deaths. Happy dance at CPAC.

(from today's toons)
.

[Escurumbele]

15. Convincing people to not take the vaccine and leading them to their deaths or those of their

children has to be criminal and has to be a reason for indictment.

I compare it to someone convincing someone else to jump from the top of a building, if you do it you are guilty of murder, why should this be any different?

If I were the parent of one of those children I would begin looking for good lawyers to sue all those people in government who have misguided them to avoid the vaccine just to make political points, and find out if those politicians have been vaccinated themselves.

[wnylib]

18. Please keep in mind a few factors

that contribute to the vax problem in Mississippi.

A lot of isolated, rural poverty means no access to vaccone sites. No cars. No rural public transportation.

Red state government that makes no effort to reach out to people in rural areas.

Red state that puts people of color last in health care. Large population of African Americans in Mississippi. They are the ones who will suffer most, first from lack of access to vaccines, then from lack of health care once they get sick.

Just as Biden sent vaccination teams to Missouri, it might be a good idea to send teams into Mississippi.

[madville]

34. Mississippi is also one of, if not the most obese state in the US

A large portion of their population is obese, so much more susceptible to COVID. That applies to both white and black people there and is probably the largest risk factor.

[wnylib]

36. That's an interesting description of

the population of Mississippi that I was not aware of, but the factors I was thinking of were access to vaccinations.

[Reality Primate]

32. The report was wrong....

MS has updated the number of children, it is corrected to be 7 kids in ICU, and 2 on life support...

The story has been corrected in the link.

[jpak]

35. Everything is OK then

TY

[IronLionZion]

33. Any word on their ages?

because the vaccine isn't yet approved for younger children. They would be vulnerable in lots of summertime activities like camps or house parties without masks or social distance.

[BradAllison]

38. The Peter Griffin looking asshole as governor won't allow anyone to hear about this n/m