Georgia teen says school used students as guinea pigs

CNN's Boris Sanchez talks to North Paulding High School student Hannah Watters after it was announced that the school will switch to virtual learning for two days after at least nine students tested positive for Covid-19. Watters was briefly suspended after her photo of a crowded hallway gained traction online. The decision was later reversed.

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    1. Adam Pauley You might want to look up how laws work in the US. A president can’t “pass legislation.” People in the “legislative branch” do that. You know, because it’s “legislation.” Good luck out there.

    2. Adam Pauley LOL. Scroll up and read. But if you’ve already forgotten then it must not have been that important to you anyway.

    1. Wow a sophomore student as the whistleblower…. good job! Amazing. I think she will make a good journalist one day! Horrible she was suspended and was only unsuspended after the outrage. But she proved that there was something wrong and now she was proved right. Sometimes kids are smarter than their adults.

    2. Yeah haha there’s no context to add haha dozens of kids inhaling each other breath, but hey, I’m sure theres a context where that isn’t dangerous during a freaking pandemic (sarcasm)

    1. This isnt any worse then any other low to mild outbreak that have always happened and will happen again..this is the only one has been shoved on tour face literally… You look foolish in those m.A.. Sks which cut off your air

  1. So they can enforce an arbitrary dress code that bans bare shoulders but they cant make kids wear a mask?

    1. Downplaying covid-19 deaths in your country when your country leads the world in covid-19 deaths rather than condemning and criticizing the leadership in your country for the way its handled the covid-19 crisis is extremely CALLOUS.

  2. How many lives will this girl end up saving? I am sure a number of parents, grandparents and teachers’s lives were saved, no doubt about it, so CHEERS to her!
    Give this girl an award!

  3. I think this young lady here is getting herself into good necessary trouble. It’s so brave and courageous of her to speak her mind, and to show people that what’s happening right now is dangerous. Hannah said it best. “The school is using us as guinea pigs.”

    1. Who cares? This not news. If it’s this bad why are we talking about it? We would have had are buildings barricaded and are phones invaded for contact witnessing and most of are human rights trampled on. Freedom is such a republican virtue it’s stupid the government should be so much more involved with are lives. I mean it’s just about as dumb as freedom of speech! Not if it offends me or my Disingenuous narrative…. right Comrades!

    2. Mike Albert And can you imagine the amount of students that DID get infected by those 9 that will be back in school in about 3 days and will be able to go about spreading the virus prior to them finally showing symptoms and being tested??? They are obviously NOT doing proactive testing like at Trump’s White House. It is now proven that you are HIGHLY infectious with COVID 3-4 days PRIOR to finally exhibiting symptoms and MOREOVER very infectious 4 days into presenting symptoms. This is one of the reasons why Covid is so infectious, because it’s like a Trojan Horse (moreover it has mutated to be more infectious as it’s outer core now has more crowns and they’re more flexible and sticky. This makes it way more easy to latch onto the human hosts cells) The damage of spread during that time is VERY REAL. Look at that school in another 3 weeks to see what happens. I’m just saying.

    3. FitChickGlows EXACTLY! I also heard that young children have been infected with the virus as well! Plus, yes children may be less likely to die from it. Even so, the last thing schools need to do is put all those kids, teachers and families at risk. THAT is what people have to realize. I’ve heard also that a young 7 year old in Georgia DIED from COVID. So it just goes to show for people saying this is all a hoax, it isn’t. It’s real, alive and infecting people all around the country.

    4. @jerzy chroscicki .
      In my opinion – there should be charges of negligent homicide if anyone dies..

  4. What the hell, why are these kids threatening her when they should be united in the fact that the school has not taken the proper measures to ensure they are SAFE….these kids better tread lightly because threats can get them in big trouble. Stand strong Hannah you did the right thing and the world is watching

    1. @m highs Excuse me. If Joe Biden wins it took social workers and political activists two days to figure out how to work a sledge hammer and pry bar to do the welfare check. They were all too weak to kick the door in. She might have survived if the police actually still existed.

  5. I LOVE her! She is so courageous and incredibly composed and articulate. We need to support people like her!

    1. Ayo I’m 30 lol nah but I get what you’re saying. It’s getting to a point where no matter age or who you are, if you don’t say something, you may never hear a voice to a problem to find a solution. I’m proud of her 👏

    2. Send all those thank you letters to China for the
      Ch!nese virus. They deliberately attacked us to avoid their obligation to the trade agreement. Why do you think China made sure there was a specific clause in the trade agreement that stated “if there was a worldwide pandemic they won’t have to be held accountable to the trade agreement”. Coincidence?  I think not. Duh!
      Fact checked✓
      TRUMP is going after them to stil hold up their end.
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    3. @I HACKED TWITTER_. Downplaying covid-19 deaths in your country when your country leads the world in covid-19 deaths rather than condemning and criticizing the leadership in your country for the way its handled the covid-19 crisis is extremely CALLOUS.

    1. their parents are trump supporters. i disagree the threats have nothing to do with kids wanting to be in school. they are virus deniers

    2. @Deplorable Centrist the young lady just said she has been receiving THREATS, along with her family members!!

    1. This young lady has the makings of a successful person. She did something that most people would not do and she stood up for herself and others when it could be construed as unpopular.

  6. This kid has a spine more than many world leaders, I feel for her actually, and I know the kind of sarcasm and cynicism you get when you talk sense into senseless minds

  7. They suspended her!! That told me everything. And yes, they were worse than guinea pigs….🤧😥

  8. Schools shouldn’t be open. They’re just too lazy to go online. When they ended with online schooling, it exposed all the bad teachers

  9. The local government will endanger human life? Gosh, it’s like letting rogue cops violate peoples rights and doing nothing about it.

  10. This is a courageous, intelligent young lady….wise beyond her years …brave enough to be a leader and do the right thing …. get into “good trouble”. There was zero control of community spread in the State….they had no business sending those kids into the schools … experimenting with their lives… with the teacher’s lives …. with lives in the community. What is wrong with them? Shame on them.😷👎

    1. She’s a robot listening to cnn. She’s a soulless. Covid is nothing to fear go live in peace and don’t wear a mask

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