Mississippi 8th Grader Dies With COVID Hours After Gov. Reeves Downplays Child Cases

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Source: Mississippi Free Press





by Ashton Pittman August 14, 2021



An eighth-grade girl died this morning in Raleigh, Miss., mere hours after testing positive for COVID-19. Multiple sources told the Mississippi Free Press that the student attended classes at the school most of the week, including Wednesday, before testing positive for COVID-19 at week’s end. Her health quickly declined afterward.

Classes began in the Smith County School District, where she attended school, on Aug. 6. Unlike last year when Gov. Tate Reeves mandated masks in all public schools, the district decided in June that it would “allow” students and educators to bring face masks to school but would not require them. Photos posted on school Facebook accounts on the first day show maskless students walking through the hallways in close proximity.

But as students and employees in the school district tested positive within the first three days of classes, the school district reversed course. “After much consideration for the welfare of our children,.......................



..................“Also,” Reeves added, “if the school district will not agree with the opinion of that particular individual, and he or she is worried about their kid that’s under the age of 12 going to school, they certainly have the option of encouraging their kid to wear a mask in the classroom and to protect themselves if they believe that will have a significant impact on protecting their kid in the classroom. I have confidence that all of the schools in Mississippi are taking all of the local factors into account.”

Minutes before the governor made that pronouncement, however, Dr. Dobbs stood at the podium and urged masking in schools.................................

Read more: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/14800/mississippi-8th-grader-dies-with-covid-hours-after-gov-reeves-downplays-child-cases/

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What a mess. On and off again. Seems to be no leaders!

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Dr Thomas Dobbs looks at Governor Tate Reeves as he speaks at a press conference
Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, right, watches Gov. Tate Reeves during a news briefing regarding Mississippi's COVID-19 response in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 13, 2021. During the briefing, Gov. Reeves struggled to accurately say how many children have died of COVID-19 in the state. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

[SheltieLover]

1. ...

[walkingman]

2. These GOP governors are clearly a danger to our society. Reeves can now join

the ranks of Abbott and DeSantis as just plain dumb.

[riversedge]

7. Gov Reeves also mocked a reporter wearing a mask!! "If you really want to virtue signal, why are y

In my book-Reeves is a dangerous jerk!



@ashtonpittman
With MS State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs standing behind him wearing a mask, Gov. Tate Reeves criticized reporter for wearing a mask despite being vaccinated.

"If you really want to virtue signal, why are you in this room? Why don't you go to your house & lock yourself up?"

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[cstanleytech]

16. To bad they cannot be brought up on manslaughter charges. nt

Edit: Actually they could be but its unlikely to happen even though in a just society it should be done.

[Phoenix61]

3. So incredibly sad. When did people become so selfish?

How did we go from a country where people accepted having gas, sugar, meat etc rationed, planting Victory Gardens to this. A country where getting a vaccine and wearing a mask is too much to ask.

[Skittles]

15. Reagan made greed and ignorance fashionable

America has never truly recovered.

[twodogsbarking]

20. So true but so denied.

[walkingman]

21. I totally agree with that - I never understood why people worshiped

him back in the day. We never ever got into heated political conversations at work until Reagan. It never went away. He and his policies have been a pox on our nation.

[Skittles]

23. you know how Trump gave permission to be openly racist

well, Reagan let people be proud of their greed - and it wasn't just repukes who fell for his act......GREED IS GOOD ruled the day

[turbinetree]

4. Hey Reeves the proverbial ball is now in your court.....

are you going to continue the punt mentality.....

[gab13by13]

5. Making wearing masks optional

is flat out stupid, it won't work. Fucking GQP will murder children to try to make president Biden look bad. I bet the girl's parents will still vote republican.

[niyad]

6. Isn't reeves the one asking for the hospital ship?

[IronLionZion]

8. Welcome back to school, kids

[Judi Lynn]

9. Tate's youngest daughter got Covid-19 recently. He doesn't seem to have learned from his experience.

[Ziggysmom]

14. Dang he gives me the willies! That fake smile is always foreboding of horror to come.

[Lonestarblue]

19. The first and last photos--creepy pigs!

Reeves looks so slimy I would have to take a shower after being near him.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Every time a child dies, like their family, their friends and classmates

Suffer from a trauma that will most likely follow them all of their lives. I'm guessing Mr. Tate won't be advocating mental health support for them in that situation either.

[ALBliberal]

11. An 8th grader I believe is 13 at the start of the

school year. I wonder if the student was vaccinated. If not, maybe this will incentivize parents to get their age twelve and up kids vaccinated.

A very sad and bleak situation.

[Grammy23]

12. There's a reason why some in Mississippi

called the Gov. Tater Tot. He has the intelligence and compassion of a Tater Tot.

[Botany]

13. This is on the eighth-grade girl's parents because she was old enought to get the vaccine but ...

.... she did not get it. Or at least the odds are highly likely that she did not get it. What is less then a fraction of
1% of all deaths from C-19 are from people who have gotten the vaccine?

What is the matter with these people? Has Fox News scooped out their brains and replace them with pudding?
For the love of God Dr. Fauci, Dr. Walensky, Dr. Mike, and so on know their stuff listen to them.

BTW Putin was very successful in helping to hurt and divide America by installing Trump.

[Angrybob2001]

17. all are punish'd --- Prince Escalus

[Vinca]

18. It would be nice if, the next time an election rolls around, the Covid survivors all voted for the

people who cared whether they lived or died and not the faux "pro-lifers" the GOP claims to offer. Sadly, the same way Louie Gohmert keeps appearing in Washington, the sheep will line up as if they're headed for the slaughterhouse and pull the lever or check the box for the death party candidate.

[thesquanderer]

22. "have the option of encouraging their kid to wear a mask in the classroom and to protect themselves"

...they still don't get that the biggest benefit of masks (especially those that are not N95 or similar) is to protect OTHERS, not themselves.

Unvaccinated people (who are more likely spreaders) need to be required to wear masks if their work puts them in contact with kids (who cannot be vaccinated). Anything else is the height of calloussness and irresponsibility.