More than 7,000 kids have tested positive for coronavirus in Florida. 12 have MIS-C.

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: Miami Herald

Two teenagers have died from COVID-19-related complications in Florida last month and more than 7,000 other children under 18 have tested positive for the disease since the pandemic began in March, according to Florida’s Department of Health.

The numbers are a stark reminder that kids and young adults are not immune to the disease. Of the kids who tested positive, 2,865 were in South Florida.

“Just because they look well, doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t have the disease,” said Dr. Marcos Mestre, the senior medical director of pediatric services at Nicklaus Children Hospital near South Miami.

Children are not at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults, but they can still fall ill with the disease and require hospitalization if the condition worsens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article243892967.html

[dutch777]

1. Really scary thing is we don't know the long term affects of the disease

Most folks, and certainly politicians, act like if you don't get seriously ill or die, its just like the flu with no long term affects. That is not really known and there is at least concern that affects may show up later and they are not reversible. The pols are gambling lives not only in the short term but the long term as well and that is one thing if you are 70 and quite another if you're a teenager. How did we get so stupid and short sighted?

[groundloop]

2. What's infuriating is if we had GOOD leadership this would be nearly over by now

IF tRump had taken this seriously at the start, if tRump had set a good example by social distancing and wearing a mask, if tRump hadn't gone on that hydroxychloriquine diversion, if tRump had kept pushing for people to do the right thing........ Where we are right now, all the people needlessly getting sick, all the extra deaths are directly on him.

[Frustratedlady]

3. And they want to open schools in the fall.

Three months with 7K cases doesn't sound like much, but when you consider this group was nearly exempt from catching COVID-19, it is huge. Also, what long-term effects do they have/

This also puts teachers, aides and food workers in jeopardy, not to mention dragging the virus back into the family circle.

Look at Japan. They are nearly flat from the get-go because they followed orders to mask up and follow the rules of distancing. Look at the US. No end in sight as to the climb in cases.

August/September are just around the corner and we are nowhere near ready to expose this group.