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Nevilledog

(50,659 posts)
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:32 PM Jul 2021

Sleepaway camp in New York says 31 campers under age 12 tested positive for Covid-19



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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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Sleepaway camp in New York says 31 campers under age 12 tested positive for Covid-19 (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2021 OP
Just think about school.opening. Texaswitchy Jul 2021 #1
My feelings exactly. LisaL Jul 2021 #3
And kids who wear masks will probably be bullied. SharonClark Jul 2021 #5
and the CRT issue has bough the GQP death cult to school board meetings pstokely Jul 2021 #18
I have two unofficial grandkids. Texaswitchy Jul 2021 #8
... SheltieLover Jul 2021 #10
School is going to be so fun this fall. LisaL Jul 2021 #2
With about 5 weeks to go and the pandemic reserving... roamer65 Jul 2021 #16
Polio infected kids too dweller Jul 2021 #4
Let's hope so. beaglelover Jul 2021 #7
Did any of them require hospitalization? beaglelover Jul 2021 #6
sleepaway camp during a pandemic Skittles Jul 2021 #9
Right! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #11
honestly? Skittles Jul 2021 #13
Covididiots! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #15
No shit! 3catwoman3 Jul 2021 #12
Brilliant how capitalism works. BeckyDem Jul 2021 #14
I almost made a sick joke nitpicker Jul 2021 #17

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
3. My feelings exactly.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:35 PM
Jul 2021

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.

pstokely

(10,510 posts)
18. and the CRT issue has bough the GQP death cult to school board meetings
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 03:42 AM
Jul 2021

fewer speaking for school mask mandates at the school board meetings I've watched

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)
8. I have two unofficial grandkids.
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:47 PM
Jul 2021

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.


roamer65

(36,739 posts)
16. With about 5 weeks to go and the pandemic reserving...
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:11 PM
Jul 2021

I definitely would not want to be a parent nor a school board member right now.

dweller

(23,558 posts)
4. Polio infected kids too
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:43 PM
Jul 2021

and parents were quick to vaccinate … this may be the straw that breaks the magats backs

✌🏻

beaglelover

(3,435 posts)
6. Did any of them require hospitalization?
Thu Jul 22, 2021, 06:45 PM
Jul 2021

At least now that they got it, they have natural immunity for a while anyway.

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