1 in 3 COVID cases in Wisconsin are children, Oak Creek parents push for mask mandate
Source: cbs58
Posted: Sep 14, 2021 5:04 PM CDT
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Parents are concerned in the rise in COVID cases as the Milwaukee County Health Department is reporting one in three COVID cases in Wisconsin are children.
Some schools in the Milwaukee area are seeing a rise in cases. The Waukesha School District, where masks are optional, is reporting 54 cases. Oak Creek/ Franklin School District is reporting 44 cases as of Sept. 10. Oak Creek is one of the few districts in Milwaukee County without a mask mandate.
"It's just been very frustrating to know that the people that are in charge have decided they weren't going to listen to any of the science supporting masking in schools," Stephanie West said.
Stephanie West has four children in the Oak Creek/ Franklin School District. She already had one daughter exposed this year. She said that notification of exposure did not come until one week after she came into contact with the person..................................
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People learning the hard way.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)lkinwi
(1,477 posts)Its all about them and their freedoms.
BumRushDaShow
(129,017 posts)W.H.O. claims that isn't happening - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142800213
because -
WHO has previously said children should not be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations given the extreme vaccine shortages globally.
https://apnews.com/article/europe-health-asia-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-cede164851d7ab6cb5d79c88ff990cf9
The very nature of children to naturally socialize to a high degree for "play" is exactly why they are often the biggest spreaders and carriers of what are well-known as the "childhood diseases", and this can include other pathogens like rotavirus and norovirus, and those latter ones aren't even actually spread by "airborne" means like coronaviruses.
Just because something is called "COVID-19" doesn't automatically exempt it from being something that can be a "childhood disease" like so many other viruses before it.
Time for them to come out of the "ivory towers".
Midnight Writer
(21,767 posts)Still, 20 infected children in ICU.