Last week something happened that qualifies as a personal milestone.
I received my second of two COVID vaccine doses. That means I now have some built-in protection against one of the worst pandemics in history.
It also means that I’m doing what I can, in a small way, to bring the world closer to an overall immunity factor. As the doses add up, we start to reach a point when the risk of infection becomes much more limited.
I trust Dr. Fauci and our other foremost scientists. I trust leaders from all walks of life and all political persuasions who favor getting the vaccine.
Deaths among children are rising against the backdrop of the deadly reopening of public schools and the spread of new contagious variances of the virus.
Washing your hands
Covering your coughs As a mom and a former teacher I am devastated to hear about the loss of one of our students to COVID-19, said Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Dr. Heather Mueller. My heart is with the family, fellow students, and school staff who will forever be missing a child, a classmate, and an important member of their school community. This sadly reinforces that the pandemic is not over and the precautions that we are taking are not just for our own safety, but for all Minnesotans – including our youngest students who are not yet eligible for the vaccine, Mueller continued.
Times staff report
A school-aged child has died from COVID-19 complications in southwestern Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
The child was under the age of 10, the health department said. Since the start of the pandemic, three Minnesota children younger than 18 have died due to COVID-19.
The Marshall Independent reported Monday that an elementary school student in Marshall died of complications from COVID-19, according to the Marshall Public School District.
Superintendent Jeremy Williams said the district learned a girl in the first grade at Park Side Elementary died Sunday, according to reports from the Marshall Independent. While COVID-related deaths in children are rare, they can occur even in otherwise healthy children, the health department said in a statement.
Obituary For 1st-Grader Who Died Of COVID Complications Describes Her As ‘Sweet Girl’ Beloved By Family, Classmates
CBS Minnesota 4/29/2021 Syndicated Local – WCCO | CBS Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) The Minnesota first-grader who died this week due to complications from COVID-19 has been identified as 6-year-old Week Day, whom relatives described as a “sweet girl” who loved dancing, singing and painting.
Day, of Marshall, died on Sunday at a hospital in South Dakota, according to her obituary. Her funeral service is slated to be held on Tuesday at the Hamilton Funeral Home. A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Masks are required indoors.