Over and over again... the Deniers told us that COVID doesn't hurt children. "Where are the deaths" they continually chanted. As if hospitalizations and long Covid of children was not enough. Well -- sadly increasing deaths of children who were formerly completely healthy are now showing up every day. Isn't time that people wore masks in indoor spaces and support vaccination to protect the youngest members of society. Virus takes life of Granville teen https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/virus-takes-life-of-granville-teen/19828701/ A Granville County 17-year-old who died after contracting COVID-19 is being remembered as a happy-go-lucky teen who loved to play baseball and was deeply involved in his church. Matthew Kirby died late Thursday after spending nine days in intensive care. His father, Stephen Kirby, posted on Facebook that the coronavirus infection led to myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart. "He had an incredible smile, and it was infectious," Roxann Markey said Monday. Markey is chief operating officer of the Dirtbags Baseball Organization, a traveling team that Matthew Kirby played on for three years. He also played briefly for South Granville High School. "Everybody loved the kid and loved what he brought to the field every day," Dirtbags General Manager Trey Daley said. "The kid was just a once-in-a-lifetime kid." "Once you’re part of our organization, you're family. As soon as we heard [about his death], we were devastated," Markey said. "I reached out to all of his coaches. Everyone just wanted to do as much as they can to support the family." The group set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for the teen's medical bills and the costs of a memorial. As of Monday, $11,400 had been donated. "It just renewed my faith in our community that, when someone’s in need, people are going to step up and help," Markey said. Stephen Kirby posted that he and his wife are also battling the virus. They will wait until they recover to plan a memorial for their son. Information about whether Matthew Kirby or his parents were vaccinated wasn't available. In addition to baseball, the teen was very involved with activities at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Creedmoor. Markey said his death should be a wake-up call for everyone about the severity of the pandemic. "It was crushing to me," she said, fighting back tears. "I have three children of my own, and so, when you hear that, you’re devastated for the family. You immediately put yourself in their position and how would you feel if you were in this scenario. ... This is getting really serious, and we want to make sure that everybody is taking it serious because, to lose a child, I mean, there’s nothing worse." "I think, across-the-board in this pandemic, everybody is pulling on the same end of the rope because, when it hits home to a youngster, man, it really hits different," Daley said.
Was this God-fearing child VACCINATED?!?!?!? Or did he pray that Christ the Redeeemer, Savior of the World, would take care of him?
COVID kills Georgia high school senior, man who was to be his stepfather in less than 24 hours https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/cov...-be-his-stepfather-in-less-than-24-hours.html
Mississippi eighth grader dies of COVID-19 amid escalating mask battle https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...rader-dies-one-day-after-testing-positive-for A 13-year-old from Raleigh, Miss., died only one day after she tested positive for COVID-19, CNN reported, amid a state and national debate over mask rules in schools. Mkayla Robinson, an eighth grader at Raleigh High School, was reportedly not feeling well last Thursday and stayed home from school, according to the Mississippi Free Press. However, after testing positive for the coronavirus on Friday, she was taken to the hospital. The Free Press reported it was unclear whether she was vaccinated. Robinson died on Saturday while she was being airlifted to a Jackson area hospital, according to CNN. (More at above url)
COVID is also killing fetal infants... ‘Worst nightmare.’ Mom-to-be loses unborn twins to COVID, Texas officials say https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article253570389.html
Deniers are waiting for the death wave to be over, then they will come back with their smug posts about miracle cures and cherry picked vaccine data.
More and more kids between 12 and 18 are dying from Covid (Delta Variant)...many of them are not obese and healthy. The question...they were at an age that they could have been vaccinated. They should have survived Covid had they been vaccinated in which they would have only had maybe a headache, fever, running nose, or no noticeable symptoms. Life is taken away that did not need to happen as such. What's amazing is how fast they succumb to Covid after testing positive...damn scary. Just as scary, let us hope another Variant of Concern doesn't show up that targets / deadlier to younger kids now that schools are re-opening. wrbtrader
Since in most states these children need permission of their parents to get vaccinated.... you can only blame their parents.
Here in Québec, Canada a kid only needs to be 14 to make their own decision about getting a Covid vaccination. Yet, all children regardless of age must wear a face mask...school requirement. My teens told me that face masks are not a big deal because it's so damn cold here about 4 months out of the year...they're wearing a scarf or something to cover their face anyway...wearing it in class is starting to feel normal to them. They're just hoping they will not need to home study again due to the ignorance of others (parents). wrbtrader
Sadly -- sometimes you have to point the finger at the parents... Girl, 14, dies from Covid after 'anti-vaxxer parents forbid doctors from intubating her' A nurse practitioner in the intensive care unit at a US hospital said four patients died of the devastating condition in one shift, including a 14-year-old girl https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/girl-14-dies-covid-after-24792422