posted September 30, 2021 12:53 AM            

http://wjla.com/amp/news/local/mother-of-10-year-old-virginia-covid-19-victim-teresa-sperry-urges-masking-vaccinations

WASHINGTON (7News) —
A southeastern Virginia family is mourning the loss of 10-year-old Teresa Makenzie Sperry to COVID-19. Teresa is one of a dozen people under the age of 20 in Virginia to succumb to the virus.

Suffolk Public Schools shared a letter with the community about Teresa's passing on Tuesday.

“ Out of respect for the family, we will not release the student's name and will do our part to guard the privacy of the family," said the letter, which is signed by superintendent Dr. John Gordon, III.

But Teresa's mother, Nicole Sperry, shared the letter on her own Facebook page, writing: "I will share her name. Her name is Teresa Makenzie Sperry."

Sperry went on to say her daughter's death was preventable.

"I will not hide anymore," she wrote. "My beautiful girl was taken from me because people are too damn selfish to care about what could happen to others. I wasn't. We weren't. We wore our mask[s] because there are too many in our tribe who are at risk. My daughter was not at risk. And now she is gone. This horrible excuse of a letter is not acceptable. Want to know what you can do to honor my lovely girl? Wear a damn mask! Get vaccinated! Social distance! And most importantly stop complaining and keep your sick kids at home. Because in the end you will still get to hug yours."

posted September 30, 2021 11:41 AM            

And 2) This young girl passed 5 days post initial symptoms. That's not how covid tends to work so reasonably we could suspect there is more to the story

posted September 30, 2021 02:04 PM            

Cute little girl but overweight, just as I expected. But I am sure her mama thinks she was perfectly healthy.

posted September 30, 2021 02:48 PM            

It's society's normalization of childhood obesity. And our inability to have a NATIONAL conversation about the epidemic of obesity in children and adults without the threat of being accused of fat shaming. Political correctedness is literally killing people.

It's the lack of a concerted national health policy that would take obesity seriously and make tackling it a priority:

*-Insurance premium incentives for overweight/obese people to lose weight
*-making gym memberships tax deductible or
*-giving vouchers to poor families for gym membership
*-Healthier school lunches instead of the usual bready fried stuff they serve kids
*-Increasing physical ed time for kids

posted September 30, 2021 04:05 PM            

It would look like this. Campaigns, articles and TV commercials directed at parents:

quote:

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Parents, is your kid at higher risk for Covid Complications? Research show that overweight or obese kids are disproportionately represented in Covid complications and mortality. Please check the healthy weight chart for your child's height and if your child's weight does not fall within the healthy range, you need to take action to protect your kid, NOW!

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And there would be directives, resources and other support system for parents to address this issue and tackle it.