Concerned for the children

I would like to respond to the letter John B. Carpenter, PhD submitted and was printed in Wednesdays Danville Register & Bee of July 22, 2020, entitled Disappointed with school plan.

Dr. Carpenter, do you sir have children in the school system?

I personally do not here in the Danville School System, but I do in the Chesterfield County School System. My grandson. I still have a great concern for our childrens health, whether they are mine or not. As a Doctor of Psychology, I would hope and pray you had the same concerns.

You mentioned the only 30 deaths of children in the U.S. from COVID-19. I urge you to speak to the parents of those only 30 children sir, and let them tell you how insignificant their childs life was to this virus. As a mother who has lost a child in the past, I can tell you sir, you would not get a warm welcome.

You mention there are serious questions as to whether children normally act as carriers. In reading, according to Johns Hopkins Research, children ages 10 to 19 are considered the greatest carriers as of July 20, 2020.

If these children dont have underlying health illnesses, such as asthma or congenital heart defects, just to mention a few, and become ill themselves, there is a great risk the children or the high school student could be a carrier. Being a carrier and having no symptoms, these children would unintentionally infect their parents or grandparents ... not to mention the teachers or bus drivers. Bus drivers are generally men or women who have retired from another profession and are driving our children and grandchildren to and from school to supplement their retirement and to fill their once busy days.

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