Florida high school postpones football game amid new Covid scare

More than 30 players on the Palm Beach Gardens High School football team have come down with Covid, forcing the school to postpone the upcoming game against Vero Beach. There were not enough students to field a team after 32 players tested positive for Covid.

Trinity Catholic in Brevard County also postponed a football game over positive Covid tests among players, The Palm Beach Post reports.

"Out of an abundance of caution, the football game between Palm Beach Gardens High School and Vero Beach High School schedules for Friday, September 1, has been postponed fue to an outbreak of Covid-19."

The statement caused concern for parents, many of whom called the school. After this resurgence of hysteria, the school changed their statement to reach that "it received reported of cases or symptoms of Covid-19 on the Palm Beacg Gardens High School football team. The decision was made to postpone the football game out of an abundance of caution to protect students."

Spokeswoman for the school district Angela Cruz Ledford said "Although we did not have enough players due to illness to face off as initially schedules, the District wished the Gators the best of luck next week."

The School Health Program of Palm Beach County requires parents to consent to Covid testing for their children. The release that parents sign says on the form that they are "offering to conduct voluntary COVID-19 and/or Influenza testing for students who present to a School District clinic with symptoms of COVID-191 or Influenza, to protect the health, safety and welfare of students and staff of the School District. This voluntary testing
is being conducted, to the extent these tests are available, at no cost to you."

Parents are then contacted when testing is required. The game has been postponed to Sept. 6. The Biden administration has declared that they are making a new vaccine.