DETROIT – A rite of passage. A ritual, of. Something to look forward to for so many young people.
Graduation dance. Graduation. State.
But the coronavirus has stolen the elegance of 2020 and other young people from the normal joy of these events, some of which have been expected for years.
It was a major blow, especially after stipening home with their families because of orders from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who were lifted in early June.
Regulations are quiet and party plans have begun.
Unofficial dances, graduation parties, pajamas, garden parties, lakeside meetings and spending time with friends.
The problem, according to fitness officials, is that face-shifting and social estrangement have disappeared. They now see the number of positive cases of COVID-19 among other young people in Michigan, as well as in places in the United States and the world.
“Evidence suggests that spikes in cases in some countries are partly due to the fact that other young people let their guard down during the summer in the northern hemisphere,” said World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. , on July 30.
“We have already said it and we will do it again: the other young people are not invincible. Other young people can become infected; other young people can die and other young people can pass the virus on to others,” he said.
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Kayleigh Blaney, an epidemiologist for the Oakland County Health Division in Michigan, agreed.
“It’s not going to save young people between the ages of 15 and 19 who aren’t in school, who have nothing to do, to spend time together,” he said. “People can’t wait to get back to the general. I completely understand. I would love to go back to our old general in time, but we try to be more limited again.”
The Detroit Free Press, a component of using TODAY, analyzed state data on coronavirus. The effects show that after Whitmer’s orders began to accumulate on June 1, others over the age of 0 to 19 began to see a faster increase in cases.
Prior to June, young people and adolescents accounted for the majority of 1% to 3% of COVID-19 cases in Michigan. A month after the order was lifted on July 1, this age organization accounted for 3.9% of cases. Over the past two weeks, from July 21 to August 7, the age organization has noticed an increase in cases of nearly 2 percentage points: 5.7% to 7.4%.
The number of cases for the 20- to 29-year-old demographic also surpassed those in their 40s on July 24. The 20-somethings are now almost at the same positive case level as the 50- to 59-year-olds at 16%. Cases among people older than 39 have been slowly making up a smaller percentage of the population, with 60- to 69-year-olds seeing the most improvement.
Adolescents in positive Michigan counties are sometimes between 15 and 19 years of age and their situations range from asymptomatic symptoms to mild symptoms. The number of instances is higher from June due until early August.
Blaney said social media footage of some of the parties, such as the one that had about 70 young shoulder to shoulder in long dresses and costumes, show: “There’s not even a mask under your chin, not even in sight.”
She said officials were now waiting for the parties held on or after July 31, with others starting to be in poor health and now testing.
“Events like graduation parties, graduation parties and home parties contribute to this increase, but any kind of big occasion or reunion where other people don’t take the right precautions to cause COVID to spread is a contributing factor,” said William Ridella, director. /Health Officer of the Macomb County Health Department in Michigan.
“We want everyone to make informed decisions about the type of occasions or meetings they find themselves in and socialize responsibly by dressing in a face mask, practicing social estrangement, and washing their hands frequently. Right now, those are the only equipment we have to break the transmission chain,” he said.
Lynn Sutfin, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said last week that graduation parties and unofficial dances are social gatherings, “and social gatherings are the ultimate and non-unusual scenario for epidemics.”
She said long-term care services are the most non-unusual scenario for epidemics.
“A main fear is that other young people threaten their own physical condition and those around them when they interact in social activities without taking precautions,” said Natasha Radke, fitness promotion coordinator for Livingston County, Michigan. “Actions like this continue to fuel the spread of COVID-19, as it does not cooperate with local fitness for full touch search.”
Lack of cooperation in the search for contacts remains a problem.
“Most people aren’t willing to denounce their friends,” Blaney said.
But, she says, young people want to know that their friends may not communicate about their situation at home, such as their grandmother with dementia or their 45-year-old mother who undergoes radiation treatment for breast cancer and is immunocompromised.
“Your friends don’t tell you everything, smart or bad, when it comes to everything in their lives,” he says. “You don’t know what’s going on. By rejecting contact, you’re putting other people at risk.”
In addition, he said, the long-term effects of the virus on the body, which add to young people, are not yet known, and studies are underway.
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The recent increase in teens who were tested for the virus is heavily involved among plans to reopen schools across the country.
Across the country, school districts face delays in face-to-face teaching. And in some states, such as Georgia or Tennessee, schools are already reporting positive cases in a while after they reopen.
“By talking to doctors across the county about the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, there is a clever chance that, if the trend continues, we may face a forced closure after starting the instructions face-to-face,” Michigan said audience. The School District said in a statement.
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