Nicole Wallace just profiled this 9-year old boy who died of Covid on her show (..she sobbed

[iluvtennis]

uncontrollably..)

https://www.today.com/health/kids-covid-19-texas-boy-9-dies-1-day-after-t208252



'Never got a chance': Boy, 9, dies 1 day after testing positive for COVID-19
The family had no idea that children could get so sick from the coronavirus and hope others will take precautions to protect their families.

When 9-year-old J.J. went to bed on Jan. 24 he said his throat hurt so his dad, Jason Boatman, gave him cough medicine. When J.J. woke the next day, he couldn’t breathe. A day after J.J. tested positive for COVID-19, the boy passed away and his family is reeling.

“There wasn’t a single sign of anything. What happened?” Boatman, 38, of Vernon, Texas, told TODAY. “He was happy, loving, full of life. The next day he’s gone.”

The Boatmans are sharing his story to warn others that COVID-19 can be serious for children, too.

“Not once in my wildest dreams did I ever think this could happen — especially to a 9-year-old,” Boatman said. “COVID can happen to anyone. It really can.”

The last evening J.J. was at home, Boatman remembers the two going through their familiar father-son bedtime routine. J.J. played in the bath, making a bubble beard, and joked with his dad about whether he wanted to be a vampire. After giving J.J. cough medicine for his sore throat, father and son lain in bed watching cartoons until J.J. fell asleep. When J.J. woke the next morning, he was yelping in pain.

((CUTS))

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, in the United States, there was a 12% increase in the number of children with COVID-19 during the last two weeks of January 2021. Experts say that COVID-19 remains mild for the vast majority of children.

“Children who get infected have very mild cases. They can be completely asymptomatic,” Dr. Rosemary Olivero, division chief for pediatric infectious disease at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, told TODAY. “They can have very mild symptoms — something that looks a lot like the common cold.”

Children with preexisting conditions, such as cancer or uncontrolled diabetes, are at greater risk she said.

“In young, healthy children the risk for extreme COVID-19 is extremely low,” she said.

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...full article at link above

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Just heartbreaking. For a parent to see a child leave this earth before them is against nature.

[StarfishSaver]

1. This pisses me off

It's one thing for people to have caught COVID a year ago - that couldn't be helped. But there is absolutely no reason this sweet little boy should have died of COVID a full year later.

Trump and his neglect killed this poor child.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, Where I live the Kluckers continue this "kids should be in school" crap knowing the kids every..

... day are letting their guards down (as adults do) when it comes to mask etc after a long day.

Except the kids "long days" are five days a week !!

I really think we're being too cavalier about kids being in school without 95% of the safety issues addressed

[live love laugh]

34. +1

[MontanaMama]

2. She sure did.

I stayed in my car to listen to her “Lives Well Lived” segment as I usually do. That one was hard.

[iluvtennis]

16. Yes, very hard to watch. nt

[lynintenn]

3. Brought tears to my eyes also.

[redstateblues]

4. Devastating. Unimaginable pain for that family

[uponit7771]

5. I think we're being to cavalier about children catching, be hospitalized and dying from CV. I don't

... want my kids going back to in school class until there's wide spread vaccinations.

[iluvtennis]

17. + agree. Until we get to all kids/teachers/staff vaccinated, all schooling should be virtual. nt

[Pobeka]

6. Very sad. I hope the new strains aren't more serious for kids, but we don't know yet. n/t

[uponit7771]

8. +1, Trump has left us in such disarray we aren't properly tracking or documenting the effects of the

... variants

[lunatica]

9. I cried too.

I haven’t seen a single of her Lives Well Lived segments without crying.

Lately I start crying even before the story. I’ve cried a lot in the last two years. It’s especially tragic when children die, no matter what the reason.

[Jarqui]

10. That's a really hard story to take ... nt

[cry baby]

11. I wondered if Nicole was going to make it through that one.

I didn’t, though it’s hard to make it through any of the memorials. Such senseless loss.

[BigDemVoter]

12. Terrible to read this.

And all I can think of is Trump lying through his pie hole on television, stating that kids just don't "get that sick" from Covid 19. Even one kid is too many. I just wonder how history is going to treat this period. . . . Are they going to wonder just what the f*ck people were thinking? Terrible for parents to lose children, but also terrible for the siblings, friends, grandparents, and everyone else, not to mention the total waste, as this child won't be alive to realize his own potential. Terrible.

[GopherGal]

35. Even if it were correct that kids "don't get that sick"

this is a "novel" virus we're talking about. We began with no way of knowing the long-term effects. As time goes on, we're learning more and more about "long-haulers", about potential kidney and other organ damage, and about athletes who, although seemingly recovered from the virus, suffer myocarditis.

Not knowing what the long-term consequences might be, it's foolish to just assume that the only downside of the risk of children getting it is a mild cold/flu-like illness. The fact that the virus had horrifying potential effects in older adults must be taken as a reminder how little we know about its potential effects on children.

[flying_wahini]

13. He was only sick for 48 hours before he died!

That poor family.

[Blue_true]

21. Some of the kids that have died for COVID19 have died very fast.

When the pandemic was young, I remember reading about a couple of kids that didn’t last a week. Situations like this kid and others that have died from COVID19 is why I believe that people are beyond foolish to role the dice with the SARS-COV-2 virus.

[MFM008]

14. I cant go there

Im to depressed as it is.

[C_U_L8R]

15. That was powerful and sad.

It must be so hard to tell these stories of lost loved persons. I wish we could give Nicole hearts.

[lpbk2713]

18. Damn you Trump all to hell.

He held up research and distribution just because he could.

[cp]

19. So did I

Her Lives Well Lived segments are so kind, sensitive, and heartfelt. Thank you.

[c-rational]

20. I heard it on TV and I could tell Nicole was having a hard time. Heartbreaking story. We as a

nation and as a people should not have had to deal with this complete failure of a national response, and yet we suffer. May there be some accounting.

[2naSalit]

22. I can't watch them anymore...

For my mental health. But I am glad she does this. I can't imagine what it was like to see/hear her crying. This is so out of control and is truly a crime against humanity, this proves it.

[HipChick]

24. Me either..

[orangecrush]

23. Virtual schooling

Until this thing is over.

They send them into the classrooms, like clockwork there's another outbreak and they close the school again.

Kids lives are more important than politics.

[PCIntern]

25. I was driving home and streaming msnbc and

When she started the segment and I heard her quivering voice I wondered if she was going to manage. He child is about this poor kid’s age.

“Fifteen cases at the most” and “children do really well with this”.

[VA_Jill]

26. He looks a lot

like my youngest grandson, who turned 13 yesterday.

My grandkids' dad was raising hell over on Facebook Friday because the school superintendent where they live wanted to order all the kids back to the classrooms. He said as far as he was concerned none of his kids were setting foot in any school for the rest of this school year and he was seeing a lawyer to find out what he had to do to keep they on virtual for the rest of the year. Note to school superintendent...you have not dealt with anything until you have had to deal with that mad Nuyorican!

[niyad]

27. My heart breaks for this family. . for all who lose loved ones to this trumplague. But, I wanted to

Shake the father. . Didn't he pay attention to the stories of the children who have died from this?? And, noticing they are in TX. . Were they near super spreader events? Was the child in school? Were the adults around him masked?

Damn the murdering, orange traitor and all his lies and coverups about this trumplague.. Every death is blood on his hands.

[gademocrat7]

28. So very sad.

Such a tragedy.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

29. I don't think condemning school openings is an appropriate response here.

Is there any evidence he got it at school?

Am I allowed to point out that he is clearly overweight? We know that in adults obesity is a HUGE factor. Maybe it also is with kids.

[Coventina]

32. wow

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. This is so sad and so unnecessary

No parent should have to bury their child. COVID45 has a lot to answer for.

Rest in Peace J.J.

[Dan]

31. It's getting to the point where I can not stand

To hear Trump’s name. It’s hard, but if he had only done the right thing at the beginning of this pandemic. To have told Americans’ the truth instead of “being the cheer leader for America” the nation could have dealt with this. His lies are the ultimate crime.

I was watching a segment on TV where they were showing people at a gun show, and of course they are preparing for the second Civil War. It was so sad, these people all believe that Trump is going to be their leader - and I was thinking, unlike the original Civil War were the leaders were in front of the troops today’s leaders lead from the rear.

[BigmanPigman]

33. I was listening while I was in the kitchen

and she made me start crying...I didn't need much to send me over the edge since today is my dad's birthday and he died recently so I am already super depressed.