Child hospitalizations from Covid-19 surge 23% in Florida as schools statewide must reopen

Our country seems to think it's more important to give tax breaks to billionaires, rather than giving enough money to schools to educate our children safely. I am a senior citizen, on a limited budget. I have not applied for the option of not paying school taxes. I can understand that some older people really have to. But I am a volunteer with Tax-Aide, doing taxes for free, and I have seen healthy older people with income more than $100,000 and no big medical bills, who do choose the option not to pay school taxes.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/health/florida-covid-children-hospitalizations/index.html

By Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt and Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 2:04 PM ET, Mon July 27, 2020


On July 16, the state had a total of 23,170 children ages 17 and under who had tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Florida Department of Health. By July 24, that number jumped to 31,150.
That's a 34% increase in new cases among children in eight days.
And more children in Florida are requiring hospitalization. As of July 16, 246 children had been hospitalized with coronavirus. By July 24, that number had jumped to 303.

•••••

On July 18, Kimora "Kimmie" Lynum died from Covid-19 complications, according to state health department records. The 9-year-old girl's family said Kimmie had no known pre-existing conditions.
The surges in child Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations come amid rampant debate over whether children should return to classrooms this fall, or if they should continue remote learning.
They also directly contradict US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' claims that children are "stoppers of the disease" who "don't get it and transmit it themselves."
Researchers in South Korea found that young people between ages 10 and 19 transmit the virus just as easily as adults.

•••••