Girl, 15, dies of Covid on day she was due to get vaccine

[rpannier]

A 15-year-old girl who tested positive for Covid-19 has died on the day she was due to have her vaccine, her family said.

Jorja Halliday, from Portsmouth, died at the Queen Alexandra hospital on Tuesday, having tested positive for the virus four days earlier.

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She said that Jorja, who did not have any underlying health conditions, had developed flu-like symptoms before she took the PCR test that gave a positive result, leading to her isolating at their home.

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“I was with her the whole time. They tried to put her on a ventilator to give her body a chance to recover. Her heart rate didn’t stabilise. Her heart couldn’t take the strain. They worked as well as I think they could medically, but were unable to save her.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/02/portsmouth-teenager-dies-of-covid-on-day-she-was-due-to-get-vaccine

[sakabatou]

1. :(

Just... why didn't she get it earlier?

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Availability? Not sure it could have been offered sooner, given her age.

Just fucking tragic.

[Polybius]

3. A huge number of early teens haven't gotten the vaccine yet

They seem to think that only older people can die of Covid.

[sakabatou]

4. Hmm... all the kids around my area, I believe, have gotten the vaccine

And they're all wearing masks when it groups.

[catrose]

6. I see so many 12th birthday vaccination photos: the kid's idea

[DBoon]

9. or their parents think that only older people can die of Covid

Early teen are still under the substantial control of their parents.

[rpannier]

7. Post 5 by andym has the answer

[LisaL]

8. She was in UK.

NT

[andym]

5. Tragic because she just would have qualified in the last week or so for the vaccine in Britain

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55274833
"children 12-15 in late September"
But unfortunately she was already sick.

[sakabatou]

10. Damn