Robert Sproul, Deputy Health Commissioner of the Belmont County Health Department, tells CNN that nearly 100 students from the Ohio Valley traveled to the South Carolina town and returned the weekend of June 13. The trip was not a school sanctioned event.As of Tuesday afternoon, the Belmont Health Department confirmed the 17 positive cases as well as two contact positives -- people who were exposed to the students that went on the trip and tested positive.
Before this spike in cases, Belmont County had reduced infection rates to zero, Sproul said, attributing the county's then-success to residents taking state-imposed restrictions seriously.Read More"We've been quarantined for so long, the state had a travel ban in place, and our numbers were weakened," he said and described earlier Covid-19 patients as"elderly" whereas county health officials say the youngest person on the trip to Myrtle Beach was 16.
nikproffitt And a HS student is yet to die from Covid! 👍 fear mongering
College kids crammed into a small condo, drinking all week... surprised only 12🤔
Stay yo ass at home privilege people.
Just a bunch of brats with extreme entitlement issues learned from their parents.
And they should spend the rest of their lives paying off the debt their recklessness will cause.
Omg!! So this virus can spread? Wtf are we gonna do now?
Good they should have kept their asses at the house
They tested even more positive for stupidity.
1000 have Covid after BLM looting protest!
That's what happens when they don't care.
No big deal. They will be OK
kenjeong Awesome😒
Time parents learned to say no
It's cute how you think teenagers will respond to reason.
Irresponsible parenting.
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Bravo....
Idiots!
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Fruit, goats and oil tested positive for covid in Tanzania
17... out of how many And are they hospitalized? Probably not. Stop with the fear mongering. Its contagious, we'll all catch it. Death rate is veryyyyy low. Its not going away. We cant hid inside forever.
A lot of places between them spots. But CNN wants you to believe the beach is bad. Cnn sucks
Building herd immunity amongst the least at risk
Very bad reporting. Story projects that being at the beach was the culprit but the story raises more questions than it answers. How did the teens travel? Where did they stay? Where did they eat? Etc. etc.Any trip creates multiple conditions for exposure. Reporters- do your job!
At least 17 Ohio high school students tested positive for coronavirus after a recent trip to Myrtle Beach for a BLM protest. - all fixed
A tweeter called the virus invisible. I agree. I still don’t want to contract it, nor spread it. So, I’m going to continue to Wash Hands, Wear my Mask, Watch my Distance like I have since March. The virus hasn’t been stamped out in the US and goes where the host goes. 😷✌️
Their parent should be sued.
How many peaceful protesters have tested positive. Oh you can't report that might kill your narrative
You just had to go to the beach.....🤨
Dumbasses
Well done America well done! 🤦
But are they sick? Any symptoms at all? Or are you just fear mongering?
US bad=orange man bad
Type in any 3 digit number then 'New Cases'... into your search browser. .... Example '222 new cases'.... see what happens... try another number.... '524 new cases' .... see what happens...... it's COVID EVERYTHING. The algorithms are producing a controlled environment of ?
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so selfish and entitled. terrible parents
Funny, did they test EVERYONE in the county? How can they claim a ZERO infection rate if they hadn't tested everyone? Were these students tested before going, or only after? fakenewsCNN CNNsucks
And that’s why either the whole country works together to beat this virus or we won’t beat it at all.
More fear porn.
Now do the riots.
That’s 100% trumps fault!!! - cnn
truly on the way to be Rhodes Scholars..
Don't gather in large groups without a mask
Can we get some news about people testing negative 🤔
Silly yanks
Great choice, Ohio parents
Omg
A Florida friend told me it took her 4 days to find a test for Covid 19. I believe this is how Trump's slow testing is done. States, Governors are slowing it not his advisors. Time for real journalism to unearth this. CovidTesting COVID__19 TuesdayThoughts
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Garbage people
WOW: realDonaldTrump doesn’t even go on for another 6 hours and this is the line to get in Don’t let the media lie to and say there isn’t any enthusiasm for this president RT so they can’t ignore!