Covid and Kids

Covid and Kids

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๐™”๐’†๐™จ๐’•๐™š๐’“๐™™๐’‚๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™›๐’• ๐’Ž๐™š ๐™จ๐’‰๐™–๐’Œ๐™š๐’ ๐’๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐’ ๐’Ž๐™–๐’๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™ซ๐’†๐™ก๐’”, ๐™–๐’๐™™ ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™จ๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐’“๐™ค๐’„๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐™๐’‚๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐’Š๐™ฉ๐’๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’†๐™™. ๐‘ถ๐™—๐’”๐™š๐’“๐™ซ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’Ž๐™ฎ ๐™™๐’‚๐™ช๐’ˆ๐™๐’•๐™š๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐’•๐™š๐’๐™ฃ๐’Š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐’๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’‚๐™ข๐’†๐™ฃ๐’• ๐’•๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’†๐™™ ๐™ž๐’๐™ฉ๐’ ๐’‚๐™ฃโ€ฆ
๐™”๐’†๐™จ๐’•๐™š๐’“๐™™๐’‚๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™›๐’• ๐’Ž๐™š ๐™จ๐’‰๐™–๐’Œ๐™š๐’ ๐’๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐’ ๐’Ž๐™–๐’๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™ซ๐’†๐™ก๐’”, ๐™–๐’๐™™ ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™จ๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐’“๐™ค๐’„๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐™๐’‚๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐’Š๐™ฉ๐’๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’†๐™™. ๐‘ถ๐™—๐’”๐™š๐’“๐™ซ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’Ž๐™ฎ ๐™™๐’‚๐™ช๐’ˆ๐™๐’•๐™š๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐’•๐™š๐’๐™ฃ๐’Š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐’๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’‚๐™ข๐’†๐™ฃ๐’• ๐’•๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’†๐™™ ๐™ž๐’๐™ฉ๐’ ๐’‚๐™ฃโ€ฆ

โ€œ๐™”๐’†๐™จ๐’•๐™š๐’“๐™™๐’‚๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™›๐’• ๐’Ž๐™š ๐™จ๐’‰๐™–๐’Œ๐™š๐’ ๐’๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐’ ๐’Ž๐™–๐’๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™ซ๐’†๐™ก๐’”, ๐™–๐’๐™™ ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™จ๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐’“๐™ค๐’„๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐™๐’‚๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐’Š๐™ฉ๐’๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’†๐™™. ๐‘ถ๐™—๐’”๐™š๐’“๐™ซ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’Ž๐™ฎ ๐™™๐’‚๐™ช๐’ˆ๐™๐’•๐™š๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐’•๐™š๐’๐™ฃ๐’Š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐’๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’‚๐™ข๐’†๐™ฃ๐’• ๐’•๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’†๐™™ ๐™ž๐’๐™ฉ๐’ ๐’‚๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐’๐™š๐’™๐™ฅ๐’†๐™˜๐’•๐™š๐’… ๐’”๐™ฉ๐’–๐™™๐’š ๐’๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐’๐™ช๐’•๐™ ๐™๐’†๐™–๐’๐™ฉ๐’‰, ๐™–๐’๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐’‰๐™–๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’‡๐™ค๐’–๐™ฃ๐’… ๐’˜๐™–๐’” ๐’–๐™ฃ๐’”๐™š๐’•๐™ฉ๐’๐™ž๐’๐™œ.

Hereโ€™s the reality: ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ’ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐จ๐ง-๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ. Thatโ€™s not an exaggerationโ€”I counted. And it gets worse. My daughter's opponent arrived late, visibly unwell, and admitted to vomiting twice before the match. Throughout their game, she dry heaved repeatedly and even appeared to throw up into a bag on the court. Shockingly, thereโ€™s no @usta rule addressing this, but in @ibjjf, vomiting is an instant disqualificationโ€”itโ€™s a primal โ€œIโ€™m tapping outโ€ signal from the body.

The first round was outside. The second and third? Indoors. My wife, daughter and I wore respirators, bracing ourselves for judgmental looks. And they came. When she pointed out kids staring at her, I turned around just in time to see one of those kids cough directly into her dadโ€™s face.

The most haunting part? The parents. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐› ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. Apathy in the midst of a germ storm.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ? ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ โ€˜๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ญโ€™ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ' ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?โ€

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๐™”๐’†๐™จ๐’•๐™š๐’“๐™™๐’‚๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™›๐’• ๐’Ž๐™š ๐™จ๐’‰๐™–๐’Œ๐™š๐’ ๐’๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐’ ๐’Ž๐™–๐’๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐’†๐™ซ๐’†๐™ก๐’”, ๐™–๐’๐™™ ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™จ๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐’“๐™ค๐’„๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐™๐’‚๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐’Š๐™ฉ๐’๐™š๐’”๐™จ๐’†๐™™. ๐‘ถ๐™—๐’”๐™š๐’“๐™ซ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’Ž๐™ฎ ๐™™๐’‚๐™ช๐’ˆ๐™๐’•๐™š๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐’•๐™š๐’๐™ฃ๐’Š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐’๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’‚๐™ข๐’†๐™ฃ๐’• ๐’•๐™ช๐’“๐™ฃ๐’†๐™™ ๐™ž๐’๐™ฉ๐’ ๐’‚๐™ฃโ€ฆ
What Itโ€™s Like to Have Long COVID As a Kid
What Itโ€™s Like to Have Long COVID As a Kid

โ€œCogIt started when my brain gave out on me in algebra class one January day in 2022. I couldnโ€™t figure out a simple math problem; all I saw were numbers and symbols. My eyelids drooped, my head hurt, I could barely stay awake. Something wasnโ€™t right. I hadnโ€™t felt like myself since getting COVID-19 a couple weeks earlier. Simple tasks like reading a text or standing up were draining. But what happened in that classroom scared me. At age 14, my life became a state of constant exhaustion, punctuated by doctorsโ€™ visits that, months later, would lead to a Long COVID diagnosis.โ€

t started when my brain gave out on me in algebra class one January day in 2022. I couldnโ€™t figure out a simple math problem; all I saw were numbers and symbols. My eyelids drooped, my head hurt, I could barely stay awake. Something wasnโ€™t right.I hadnโ€™t felt like myself since getting COVID-19 a couple weeks earlier. Simple tasks like reading a text or standing up were draining. But what happened in that classroom scared me. At age 14, my life became a state of constant exhaustion, punctuated by doctorsโ€™ visits that, months later, would lead to a Long COVID diagnosis.
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What Itโ€™s Like to Have Long COVID As a Kid
This mother made six attempts to raise the alarm about her sick toddler. Doctors told her heโ€™d be fine. They were fatally wrong
This mother made six attempts to raise the alarm about her sick toddler. Doctors told her heโ€™d be fine. They were fatally wrong

A little boy caught Covid in 2022 and never recovered, with his mother fighting in vain for care in upstate NY, repeatedly dismissed by uninformed American doctors in top notch Albany hospital.

the doctor told them that he had Covid, and, while the fever went away after a week, the toddler never fully bounced back. His mother watched the pulse in his neck, drumming against the skinโ€ฆ

โ€ฆMicahโ€™s primary-care doctor told Keri-Sue the elevated pulse was nothing to worry about, just swollen glands, a vestige of Covid. But Micah, who had grown out of napping, had begun to doze off during the day. He didnโ€™t have the energy to return to his local playgroupโ€ฆ

โ€ฆโ€™I said we need to be more thorough, and went down a long list. And every single one of them, he was just like, โ€˜No, no, thatโ€™s not whatโ€™s happening. Kids are not getting long Covid. No, itโ€™s not anything with his heart, or his fingers would be blue. No, itโ€™s not his liver.โ€™ When we left, I had been given a prescription for an allergy medicine.โ€™โ€ฆ

โ€ฆEventually, the doctors confirmed Micah had an enlarged heart and blood clots on his liver. From her earlier Googling, Keri-Sue knew straight away he needed blood thinners, but the clinicians said they wanted to do more tests and start treatment in the morning. At this point, it was early evening, and the family, who had been at the hospital all day, worried about letting another night slip by. They were reassured: โ€˜We have a whole team of doctors that are working on this, and this is really treatable stuff and heโ€™s very stable right now.โ€™โ€ฆ

โ€ฆA blood clot had travelled to Micahโ€™s lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. His heart had stopped beating and they couldnโ€™t revive him. Nothing could be done. They put Micah in his motherโ€™s arms and started counting. One, two, three โ€ฆ when they reached 60 they declared him dead.โ€

the doctor told them that he had Covid, and, while the fever went away after a week, the toddler never fully bounced back. His mother watched the pulse in his neck, drumming against the skin.
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This mother made six attempts to raise the alarm about her sick toddler. Doctors told her heโ€™d be fine. They were fatally wrong
Back in Summer of 2020, an associate of mine, 9 year-old son was rushed to the hospital after not being able to talk and crawling on the floor like a baby.
Back in Summer of 2020, an associate of mine, 9 year-old son was rushed to the hospital after not being able to talk and crawling on the floor like a baby.
โ€œFriends, itโ€™s hard to admit, but we are in the โ€˜Save Yourselfโ€™ part of the nightmare.โ€
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Back in Summer of 2020, an associate of mine, 9 year-old son was rushed to the hospital after not being able to talk and crawling on the floor like a baby.
My daughter has Long Covid. It transformed me into an advocate for Long Covid kids. - The Sick Times
My daughter has Long Covid. It transformed me into an advocate for Long Covid kids. - The Sick Times

โ€œEarlier that summer, my daughter tested positive for Covid-19 and had developed a high fever, shortness of breath, shivers, and chest pains. She initially regained her energy and by the time school started, I thought she had recovered. I was wrong. That night I found her lying on the couch was the beginning of my daughterโ€™s difficult journey with Long Covid โ€” a journey that transformed her life, and mine as a single mother.โ€

Earlier that summer, my daughter tested positive for Covid-19 and had developed a high fever, shortness of breath, shivers, and chest pains. She initially regained her energy and by the time school started, I thought she had recovered. I was wrong. That night I found her lying on the couch was the beginning of my daughterโ€™s difficult journey with Long Covid โ€” a journey that transformed her life, and mine as a single mother.
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My daughter has Long Covid. It transformed me into an advocate for Long Covid kids. - The Sick Times
Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.๐Ÿคฌ
Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.๐Ÿคฌ
โ€œTwo days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.โ€
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Two days in a row with covid positive infants coming into our emergency department. Daycare centers & schools are plague wards right now. Our government should've been prioritizing upgrading air filtration in all these places 4 years ago but instead they spend trillions on war.๐Ÿคฌ
My 7 year old niece, who contracted Covid 4x during the last school year, no longer knows her cousin (my daughter) nor her Granddad.
My 7 year old niece, who contracted Covid 4x during the last school year, no longer knows her cousin (my daughter) nor her Granddad.

โ€œMy 7 year old niece, who contracted Covid 4x during the last school year, no longer knows her cousin (my daughter) nor her Granddad.

A few days before her last infection she told my Mom how much she misses Granddad and how he would give her everything!

The week before her last infection she Facetime my daughter and I to recite her Bible verse for the week.

Then she got Covid, started losing things, has problems with word finding, and obvious memory loss.

This happened in May.

My SIL canโ€™t get her in to see a Neurologist until November because all appointments are taken.

Is this the government AND the citizens of this country have decided is ok?โ€

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My 7 year old niece, who contracted Covid 4x during the last school year, no longer knows her cousin (my daughter) nor her Granddad.
I just heard from a friend whose 6-year old is 3 weeks out from a Covid infection and is having tachycardia and extreme fatigue and needed resources and support. I'm just so heartbroken about what our society is doing to kids.
I just heard from a friend whose 6-year old is 3 weeks out from a Covid infection and is having tachycardia and extreme fatigue and needed resources and support. I'm just so heartbroken about what our society is doing to kids.
โ€œjust heard from a friend whose 6-year old is 3 weeks out from a Covid infection and is having tachycardia and extreme fatigue and needed resources and support. I'm just so heartbroken about what our society is doing to kids.โ€
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I just heard from a friend whose 6-year old is 3 weeks out from a Covid infection and is having tachycardia and extreme fatigue and needed resources and support. I'm just so heartbroken about what our society is doing to kids.