Health Department Tries To Calm Fears After Teacher’s Meningitis Death

IN BEVERLY KRIST, ERICA MANDY
KCAL9 NEWS.
SUZIE: AFTER A THIRD GRADE TYPE
OF ARE DIED FROM MENINGITIS,
MANY PARENTS STARTED WORRYING
ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN.
HEALTHY DEPARTMENT HELD A
MEETING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND
CALM FEARS, ANDREA FUJII IS LIVE
WITH MORE ON THE MEETING.
REPORTER: NO CAMERAS WERE
ALLOWED IN THE MEETING, I AM
TOTAL TIMES THINGS GOT HEATED.
PARENTS WERE ASSURED THEIR KIDS
ARE SAFE, MANY ARE QUESTIONING
THAT, CONSIDERING THAT MANY
STUDENTS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH
THE TEACHER WHO DIED.
PARENTS HAD MIXED FEELINGS AFTER
A THIRD GREAT TEACHER
ELEMENTARY DIED OF
MENINGITIS LAST WEEK.
SHE SAID AT TIMES MEETING GOT
HEATED, THIS IS CELL PHONE VIDEO
INSIDE, WHEN ONE OF THE PARENTS
ASKED HOW THE TEACHER CONTRACTED
THE DECIDE.
WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT PERSONAL
INFORMATION.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
REPORTER: HEALTHY OFFICIALS
WOULD NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION,
BUT SAID THAT LAST DAY THAT
TEACHER WAS AT SCHOOL WAS
FEBRUARY 3.
NO STUDENTS SHOULD BE AT RISK
AFTER THE 13TH.
ALL KIDS IN THE TEACHER'S CLASS
WERE GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS, SHE SAID
SHE SPENT TIME WITH THE TEACHER.
THEY COULD DO MORE WHEN IT
COMES TO COMING IN HERE AND
GIVES THE -- THEY COULD GIVE THE
SHOT TO EVERYONE.
THE DOCTOR FROM L.A. COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAID
THAT COULD DO MORE HARM THAN
GOOD.
IF THEY ARE USED
UNNECESSARILY IT MAY HELP THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIBIOTICS
RESISTANCE.
REPORTER: THE DISEASE IS SPREAD
THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT WITH
SALIVA OR MUCUS, PARENTS WERE
TOLD THE ENTIRE SCHOOL WAS
SANITIZED.
THEY SAID IT I NEED TO
BELIEVE IT.
REPORTER: STUDENTS IDENTIFIED
TEACHER AZRA -- RAMONA, A 16
YEAR VETERAN OF LAUSD.
CANDLES WERE LIT FOR HER, HER
DAUGHTER CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE
TEACHER IS GONE.
VERY SAD ON THE DAY THEY TOIL TOLD
US EVERYONE STARTED CRYING.
REPORTER: L.A. COUNTY LAST YEAR
THERE WERE 20 CASES OF BACTERIAL
MEN MENINGITIS.

Health Department Tries To Calm Fears After Teacher’s Meningitis Death

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