Young Boy Dies Of COVID While Vacationing In Hawaii With Vaccinated Parents “Officials haven’t released his identity, saying only that he was younger than 11 and had known underlying health conditions.”
just after the family arrived in Hawaii, reportedly within just a few hours—meaning he’d likely already contracted the virus before leaving his home state. He was taken to the hospital right away and eventually died there. It’s the first pediatric Covid-19 death recorded in the state.before they left on the trip. Given the comparatively low number of serious cases of Covid-19 among children, they may have felt that getting vaccinated themselves was enough to keep their family safe.
A tragic, potentially cautionary tale. The child who died was under 11 & had an underlying condition. Children's deaths from Covid are rare but *can* happen. Public policy on schools, etc CANNOT disregard kids at higher risk w underlying conditions.