Florida kids still lead all ages in positivity as COVID cases fall

[Zorro]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Even as the delta variant wave recedes, children 11 and under still can’t get vaccinated and remain at risk of infection.

The delta variant wave of COVID-19 cases has significantly receded for all the state’s age groups. But a worrisome trend that started this summer continues into the fall:

Florida children 11 and under remain the highest-risk and least-protected age group from infection.

Case positivity for the youngest Floridians was 5.3 percent, according to the latest state data released last week. That is down from the peak positivity rate of 23 percent on Aug. 19, but it’s still higher than the current positivity rate of any other age group.

But the majority of every other age group has been vaccinated, while no vaccine has been approved for children 11 and under.

Nearly 3,000 children in that age range tested positive for COVID over a seven-day period from Oct. 8-14, according to the Florida Department of Health. That’s almost 90 percent lower than the peak weekly cases of 26,475 over the seven-day period reported Aug. 27.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/10/19/florida-children-lead-all-ages-in-positivity-despite-drop-in-covid-cases/

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[Champp]

1. Republican whackos have done this to Florida's children

The Republicans, and their Russian propaganda comrades, need to knock off their lies and twists about COVID.

They're lies are killing America's kids.

[lark]

2. Their lies are killing working class and poor kids, rich kids do fine.

Their parents are all vaccinated and they go to private schools that have the resources to do distancing, ventilation & you can bet - masks. When Death Sentence opened the state, the gov mansion is still totally off limits when it used to be public. His hypocricy is done in plain view & he's getting us infected on purpose for - Regeneron profits for himself and the other right wing fascists.