Bay Port student dies from complications caused by flu and strep B - WBAY

HOWARD, Wis. (WBAY) - A Bay Port High School pupil died from complications caused by a premix of Influenza A and Strep B.

According to the Howard-Suamico School DistrictAva Schmidt died Wednesday. She was a freshman astatine Bay Port High School.

The territory sent the pursuing missive to the schoolhouse community:

“Dear HSSD Families and Staff,

It is with heavy sadness that we are sharing with you quality of the decease of a Bay Port High School student.

Ava Schmidt, a freshman astatine Bay Port High School, died today, Wednesday, December 21, owed to complications caused by Influenza A. Ava is the girl of Mike and Katerina Schmidt and the sister of Gabby, a seventh grader astatine Bay View Middle School. Katerina is simply a teacher astatine Forest Glen Elementary School.

The District respects the family’s petition for privateness during this hard clip and is focused connected providing enactment for those impacted by Ava’s passing.

School counselors and schoolhouse societal workers are disposable to assistance our students and unit header with this loss. To enactment pupil needs we volition person unit disposable astatine Bay Port oregon by telephone astatine 920-662-7000 Thursday greeting (regardless of imaginable upwind interaction connected the schoolhouse day). Classroom teachers astatine Bay Port, Bay View, and Forest Glen volition stock an age-appropriate connection with students Thursday greeting regarding this news. We promote you to sermon this connection with your kid astatine location this evening.

We person immoderate suggestions (linked here) that whitethorn beryllium adjuvant to you arsenic you sermon grief and decease with your child. Additionally, Unity Hospice is simply a non-profit grief counseling enactment that volition beryllium supporting Ava’s classmates and our students arsenic needed successful the coming days, including during wintertime break.

If you person immoderate concerns astir your child’s absorption to this loss, delight interaction us.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Ava’s family.”

A GoFundMe has been acceptable up for Ava’s family.

Ava was the 2nd pediatric influenza diligent to dice successful Wisconsin this season.

DHS announced the archetypal pediatric flu decease earlier this week. They said the kid lived connected the occidental broadside of Wisconsin.

A pediatric decease is defined arsenic anyone nether the property of 18.

DHS encourages everyone six months and older to get vaccinated against the flu. Early information shows the vaccine is simply a lucifer to existent strains. Vaccines tin forestall oregon trim the severity of flu symptoms, protecting not lone yourself but the radical astir you, and that’s particularly a interest with much vacation gatherings coming up. Two retired of 3 radical successful Wisconsin person not received a flu shot.

“Those numbers are respective percent points little than what we had past year, and it’s precise disappointing to beryllium honorable with you. And this again is 1 of our meetings, going done media outlets, is truly pushing the information that we request to get radical vaccinated. We request to bash what we tin to halt the dispersed of influenza. And we, unfortunately, person seen what the complications tin pb to during due to the fact that of this peculiar case, successful this peculiar child,” DHS influenza surveillance coordinator Tom Haupt said.

You tin find accusation connected flu vaccines by calling 877-947-2211 oregon visiting the https://www.vaccines.gov/ website.

Local wellness officials accidental radical should besides effort to debar the dispersed of COVID-19 and RSV.

All 3 illnesses person the imaginable to beryllium terrible for young children, radical who are immunocompromised, and older adults.

CLICK HERE for Wisconsin respiratory microorganism reports.

DHS recommends these further steps to enactment steadfast this season:

• Wash your hands often with soap and h2o for 20 seconds.
• Avoid touching your nose, eyes, and mouth.
• Stay location and distant from others if you consciousness sick.
• Avoid being astir others who are sick oregon person flu symptoms.
• Cover your chemoreceptor and rima erstwhile you cough oregon sneeze and promote children to bash the same.
• Wear a high-quality disguise astir others to forestall the dispersed of respiratory illnesses.

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