More Than 121k Cases Of Covid In Children Were Reported In One Week “Officials worry that this is only going to get worse as students go back to school, especially considering many schools don’t require universal mask-wearing.”
According to the AAP, this year’s COVID-19 is affecting children more seriously than it did earlier in the pandemic.
“Since the pandemic began, children represented 14.4% of total cumulated cases. For the week ending August 12, 2021 children were 18.0% of reported weekly COVID-19 cases,” the AAP announced in aOfficials worry that this is only going to get worse as students go back to school, especially considering many schools don’t require universal mask-wearing.
“You have two weapons here, one is vaccines the other is masking, and for children less than 12 that’s the only weapon they have,” Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee, toldTwo school districts have made headlines in recent days for the sheer number of students needing to be quarantined for COVID-19 so early in the school year.
Cobb Co Schools in GA is mask optional. Most kids & staff do not wear masks. My kid's elem school just sent home THE ENTIRE 5TH GRADE due to a huge COVID outbreak. This is week 2. District Leaders continue to ignore CDC, AAP, DPH. Parents panicking.
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