At least 800 students and staffers in a Georgia school district have been quarantined after coming into contact with dozens of others who tested positive forThe Cherokee County School District in suburban Atlanta started school on Aug. 3, with the first positive case logged the next day. Students were given the choice to attend in-person or remotely. In all, 38 students and 12 staff members on campuses have tested positive for the virus, according to the district.
Students aren’t required to wear masks but are provided ones by the district and recommended to wear them, according to the district. Staff members are required to wear masks or face shields when they cannot social distance. Brian Hightower, superintendent of the Cherokee County district, said in a letter to the community on Friday that there were no plans to close schools at this time, but he sounded a warning.
“How long can we keep schools open?” he said in the letter. “The answer will depend on all of us as a community. We need to social distance whenever we can, and always wear masks when we cannot.”
Are they hiding in their safe closets were no booger man can get them?
Georgia is first again ... that’s why they need new representation in the senate !!!
Damn that's crazy
karaswisher Coming soon to a school district near you!
Fail
It’s shameful that we decided to open up somethings too quick! Corona respects nobody! Let’s be all careful out there
The amount of idiots on here who think this isn't a big deal...that's 38 kids/staff TOO MANY. This is the problem...how bad does it have to get for you to give a crap? If you knew how pandemics work, you'd be a lot more concerned. Guess it has to happen to you to act/care.
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KaivanShroff Yet daily we read about another city or county school system announcing they will re-open. Sad.
I’m totally surprised.
Who will take care of the kids who lose their parents or guardians to covid (death or hospitalizations)?
Testadas né, e aqui o termômetro digital na testa e entra!
I am confused about the standard of human rights in USA after more than 160,000 deaths.
karaswisher Totally unprepared and shame on Georgia’s government and school officials for putting students teachers and the general public in danger by being so unprepared we are not gonna defeat this virus by continually providing it with fresh hosts to infect
Murica
But when does the school reopen?
karaswisher Shut em down now or shut em down later
My county! Woohoo
karaswisher Jim_Jordan ass
Y'all some real stupid
What a dumpster fire
time to force Govt to kneel, StopPayingTaxes
People are also signing up to take the Covid test, waiting in line, leaving before getting tested, then getting a letter in the mail telling them they tested positive for Covid when they never even took a test. Federal financial incentives for covid have skewed data.
My nephew is one of these kids. They are only 'asking parents to quarantine' these kids. Also, they are only 'quarantining' the kids that sit within 6 feet of the kids that tested positive. Because we all know kids don't move around in class, and with others not at their table.
And how STUPID, POINTLESS and DANGEROUS to do this to our nation's children? WTF? The government should give ALL kids free laptops and iPads and Wi-Fi fir their education.
Thank you for the info.
They are going to put your children in quarantine camps. Another reason to NOT send your kids to school.
Going back to school will not last a month
Or put another way 99.92% of kids in the Cherokee County School District have not gotten infected as school has gotten under way.
Inevitable Avoidable Irresponsible. Lately the disastrous hallmark of the state Georgia's governance.
realDonaldTrump pray for them POTUS
So of the 35,000 students in the district, 38 tested positive. But that headline doesn’t shock, right? So let’s spin it to 800 are quarantined just because they may have come near the 38. This is why some people ignore the China Virus.
Good job, Gov. Kemp.
Second rate Georgia, only Texas and Florida get full national guard funding.
BuT KiDs CaNt CaTcH CoViD!
Looking forward to a new story every day with the same headline
Does herd immunity work in schools?
Playing Russian roulette with kids and their families....
Lol. Who could have guess that right? I mean it's just a flu LMFAO
IsonhoodJ
That 800 is 1.7% of the district. 42.2K students and 2700 teachers. The actual 11 is 0.02% of the district. This isn’t news, it’s pushing an agenda
Hmm, August Journal of Am Pediatrics - 'Almost 6 months into the pandemic, accumulating evidence and collective experience argue that children, particularly school-aged children, are far less important drivers of SARS-CoV-2 transmission than adults.'
MikeDeWine GovMikeDeWine
And what about their families?
CMMadhyaPradesh
And how many family & community members now need to quarantine?
realDonaldTrump is forcing in-person schooling to maximize Coronavirus as the finely targeted AgeSeekingMissile it is, to will reduce the US’ large number of SocialSecurity and Medicare recipients. It’s Genocide of older Americans & it’s promoted by TheEstablishment.
BUT they are all IMMUNE so says the Moron in the White House
Well done realDonaldTrump Another great win
Those crowded hallways didn't work out well. Following expert medical advice could have protected students, educators and their families. Now costs to lives and livelihoods multiply.....
andishehnouraee No one saw this coming, right? Israel already tried this with predictable results with one child infecting 25 teachers at one school.
President Trump said, “We want to do is we want to get our schools open. We want to get them open quickly, beautifully, in the fall. As you know, this is a disease that’s a horrible disease, but young people do extraordinarily well.”
GulliAz So sad the Republican Plan for opening schools in Georgia was 'No Plan' . Not even a mask for our kids !😢
Hilarious people think these kids are going to quarantine themselves. I live in Paulding County these kids haven’t social distanced all summer. Why start now. 😂
ColleenFellows Giving it a “Like “ doesn’t mean I like it. It’s my only option to let y’all I’m paying attention. 😷
So the game is postponed then?
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Go back to school they said. They won’t get Covid and die they said.
From the CDC What counts as close contact. You were within 6 feet of someone who has COVID-19 for 15 minutes or more You provided care at home to someone who is sick with COVID-19 Had physical contact hugged or kissed them Just walking by doesn’t count as close contact.
guypbenson Fake news. Fox says kids can’t get it and they wouldn’t lie.
guypbenson What’s going to happen when the FLU comes in this fall and winter? Shut it all down? 🙄 How do we manage to live through the flu season?
why are schools open this is suicide
Trump world killing your kids now to save his own skin when will it be enough for the MAGA crowd
Why parents want to trouble their children, lets get vaccine first than things will get back to normal. Parents dont want to go to office but they want their child to be in school. Ridiculous!
This is shameful
guypbenson Herd immunity. Only way to get past covid is thru it
Panic....hysteria.....fear.....baiting
Has anyone in the GA school system seen this study? The largest in the world so far involving children.
cases just like this are waiting for people in America. And probably the upcoming cases will contain even more people. America in particular was late with the hole Corona crisis. And then to think that there in a “ second wave” already in sight. Be prepared America🇺🇸 StayStrong
Quarantine does not mean infected,,,drama queen story
AltmanErin This was entirely unpredictable... of course not!
If we magical think hard enough we can stop it!
I think i will never find it normal the 'beggining of the school year' be in august 😂 etiene_d
How in all the world could anyone believe (except Trump), that COVID-19, in peak-time, would 'disappear', just because a school term starts?
The Parents and Staffers should sue the school district and imbecile governor for forcing schools open during a pandemic.
Remote!!!!
Everyone knows who should be blamed for this.
Out of 42,500*. You left that part out.
Dozens more with the antibody. Ok, back to work everyone
Could have seen this coming. Shocker.
returning to school is a horrible idea. it's only a matter of time before the students infect the family, the family infects their co-workers, the co-workers infect their family and so on
Good for herd immunity
It’s happening
We knew it would happen. It was just a matter of time.
Dr. Yan Limeng spoke for the first time: The new crown virus is a product of the Chinese Communist People’s Liberation Army Virus Laboratory!
Is anyone really surprised by this?
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