After 8-year-old's COVID hospitalization, Salem mothers urge schools to mandate masks
Salem is a very red town in NE Ohio.
SALEM, Ohio (WKBN) – The number of children under 18 testing positive for COVID-19 continues to rise in Ohio. In late May, 15 percent of all Ohio cases were under 18 years old. By July 25, it was up to 16 percent. It peaked on August 29 at 29 percent and the latest update as of September 12 has cases of kids back to 25 percent.
Tonight, we have the story of 8-year-old Elijah Mason of Salem, who tested positive and was hospitalized for a short time. His mother, Amber Padula, has removed him from Salem City Schools because masks are not required.
“He couldn’t hold himself up anymore, he just kept falling over. Then I couldn’t get him to open his eyes,” Padula said.
Moments of terror as Mason had to be hospitalized for a short time with COVID-19. He is a third grader in Salem City Schools and Padula notified them that day her son tested positive.
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Parents are reporting that their kids are coming home and telling them that people in their classroom have been absent and the school hasn’t contacted these families,” said mother Michelle Bails.
Bails has been asking for a mask mandate since before school started. She even spoke to the board directly at a meeting.
“It has become political but for me, it’s science,” Bails said. “The attitude around here has been very much, ‘I need to show my freedom by not wearing a mask. Nobody can tell me what to do. This is America.'”
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