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Esther Choo MD MPH
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"A co-ed sleepaway camp in New York said that 31 campers between 7 and 11 years old have tested positive for Covid-19 -- but none of their vaccinated 12-and-up campers did"
Sleepaway camp in New York says 31 campers under age 12 tested positive for Covid-19
A co-ed sleepaway camp in New York said that 31 campers between 7 and 11 years old have tested positive for Covid-19 -- but none of their vaccinated 12-and-up campers did.
cnn.com
3:14 PM · Jul 22, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/us/new-york-camp-covid/index.html
(CNN) A co-ed sleepaway camp in New York said that 31 campers between 7 and 11 years old have tested positive for Covid-19 -- but none of their vaccinated 12-and-up campers did.
Camp Pontiac, located in Copake, NY, about a two-hour drive from New York City, said in a letter to parents the first positive test result was received on July 16. The virus then spread further.
"The initial outbreak was on the girls side but the latest new cases are on the boys side," Jack Mabb, Columbia County Department of Health Director, said in an email to CNN on Thursday. "The bulk of the cases came as a result of testing that was done with symptomatic campers this past weekend."
All but a few of the positive cases have been sent home from the camp along with 88 contacts, he said. The few that weren't sent home "live too far away to go home easily," he said.
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Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)Poor kids.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)Sending un-vaxxed kids to schools is going to pretty much guarantee infections. Under 12 are not eligible to be vaxxed. And anti-vaxxers aren't going to vaccinate their kids, so one can expect vaccination rates among 12 and up similar to that of adults. So, nowhere near a 100%, and low in states with low vaccination rates.
SharonClark
(10,005 posts)pstokely
(10,510 posts)fewer speaking for school mask mandates at the school board meetings I've watched
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)They are home schooled now.
No way their parents will send them back to school.
My grandma told me about the Spanish flu.
Whole families died.
The kids catch it and bring it home.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)LisaL
(44,962 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)I definitely would not want to be a parent nor a school board member right now.
dweller
(23,558 posts)and parents were quick to vaccinate
this may be the straw that breaks the magats backs
✌🏻
beaglelover
(3,435 posts)beaglelover
(3,435 posts)At least now that they got it, they have natural immunity for a while anyway.
Skittles
(152,963 posts)ridiculous
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Who does that?
Skittles
(152,963 posts)people who want a break from their kids, pandemic be damned
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)According to Dr. Ding, 1 in 12 of the infected kids will suffer with long covid. 💔
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)No way I would have sent a kid to camp this summer.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)It may kill your kid, but it works.
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)About pediatric body bags.
But they do exist.
Ones for infants too.