Are school openings too risky despite the coronavirus pandemic?
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Shortly before school closings in the UK began, five-year-old Scarlett Roberts became infected with the Corona virus. You defeated the virus. But the joy didn’t last long: Scarlett was “fit and healthy” for six weeks before she was suddenly hospitalized with multiple organ failure. Now their parents are warning of hasty school openings that could endanger the lives of countless children.
20 percent chance of survival! Child fights for survival after coronavirus infection
As the “Daily Mail” writes, the five-year-old girl now suffers from Kawasaki disease after the corona infection. Your chances of survival are 20 percent. On Facebook, the little Scarlett’s mother reports of the agony that not only the child but the whole family is currently experiencing: symptoms of Kawasaki disease include swollen blood vessels, fever, rash, red eyes, dry or cracked lips or mouth, Redness in the palms and soles of the feet as well as swollen glands.
Parents warn of reopening! Politicians turn schools into “death camps for children”
After Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that some schools in the UK would reopen on June 1, 2020, Scarlett’s parents turned their daughter’s struggle for survival into a political issue. They warn the government against premature reopening. The corona virus was still not combated. They would make schools “death camps for children,” said Piers Roberts, father of seriously ill Scarlett.
However, it is questionable whether there really is a connection between Kawasaki disease and the coronavirus, said WHO chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan.
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