Striking close to home
@GardenGerty (157427)
United States
October 16, 2021 7:13am CST
We have had a death in our school family, a COVID death.
Her young, lively little spirit will be missed. She was a reading specialist.
Her husband is a coach.
Her dad and mom are still critically ill--they pastor a church.
Did she catch it at school, or at worship services? Did she catch it at home? I do not know.
There will be counseling for all the kids and staff at school who need it.
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@RebeccasFarm (86392)
• United States
16 Oct 21
Oh no Heather
Gosh I am so sorry to hear this RIP
Prayers for her Dad and Mom
Gosh I am so sorry to hear this RIP
Prayers for her Dad and Mom2 people like this
@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
16 Oct 21
Yes, the entire family is a big part of the community.
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@RebeccasFarm (86392)
• United States
16 Oct 21
@GardenGerty Indeed I can see that Heather.
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@Luli_hope (246)
• Romania
16 Oct 21
Sorry for the lost. If I may ask: was she vaccinated. In our country people refuse to get vaccinated and the number of new casses increases
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
16 Oct 21
I do not know if she was vaccinated. I am thinking maybe not.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
17 Oct 21
I am sorry for your community's loss.
It is frustrating that people are behaving as though this pandemic is over. It isn't. There will continue being stories like this for many months to come.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
18 Oct 21
We tend to take an isolationist point of view. It can't happen here, until it doess.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
18 Oct 21
@GardenGerty I'm in a city, so "couldn't happen here" shouldn't be the view, but it seems (especially in this building) that it's party time. It concerns me for my household's health, because we have unmasked people trotting through the building day and night, and the management does nothing real to address it. 
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
16 Oct 21
I'm sorry. I wish Covid would go away now.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
16 Oct 21
It takes hard work and cooperation to do away with a disease. I am just afraid that another one may be waiting in the wings.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
18 Oct 21
@DaddyEvil Right. When I was a kid I remember when the polio vaccines were developed. They opened up the school cafeteria and we went down the line and got our sugar cubes. Before that I remember that at enrollment we got small pox vaccines, and our hearing and vision were tested. They even had us do a urine sample for diabetes.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
16 Oct 21
@GardenGerty That's possible... and we know there won't ever be cooperation on getting rid of Covid.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
16 Oct 21
It is and she will truly be missed.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
19 Oct 21
Her dad is still on a ventilator.It is sad.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
25 Oct 21
Her father also pased away. It is sad for all of us.
@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
17 Oct 21
This is going to be hard for the kids. She was sweet and bright and they really liked her.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
16 Oct 21
It will impact every one at the school. The kids loved her.
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
16 Oct 21
It is sad, and I do not know if we will know where she caught it. Maybe at church. The virus lurks everywhere.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
17 Oct 21
@GardenGerty that is actually the problem, on how to trace the virus even if they do contact tracing, it will still be difficult
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@GardenGerty (157427)
• United States
16 Oct 21
We have had a number of children get ill, but this was a young woman, should have been healthy. May or may not have been vaccinated.
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