Two things
by AquinasDomer (2022-01-24 14:09:06)
Edited on 2022-01-24 14:09:33

In reply to: Why is that a school decision and not a parental decision?  posted by ndgenius

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1. The studies for this were done, and risk of adverse cardiac events only occurred in kids with severe disease with primary infection. The AAP recommends a pediatrician see an infected kid after recovery for an additional sports physical.

2. Kids with risks for mortality are held out of sports. A parent can't sign a waver saying they're cool if their kid with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy drops dead at a game. The school retains some liability, parents don't get to risk their kids lives, and they don't get to scar the rest of the team/spectators for life.



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