Parents upset with Jackson County contact tracing policy

Rockhurst High School hosts Blue Springs South on Friday, but not all of the Jaguars will suit up for the game due to COVID-19 issues.

CONTACT TRACING INJACKSON COUNTY LED TOTHE TEEN'S QUARANTINE.TONIGHT -- THE HEALTHDEPARTMENT ISEXPLANING WHY.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER MCKENZIENELSON IS LIVE IN BLUESPRINGS.MCKENZIE?BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH ISHERE AT ROCKHURSTTONIGHT " BUT ISMISSING PLAYERS.A PARENT TELLS ME HISSON IS ONE OF THESTARTERS FOR THEJAGUAR DEFENSE AND ISOUT DUE TO COVID-19ISSUES.ROB REGIER - PARENT, BLUESPRINGS SOUTH SENIOR"My son was put on a 14 dayquarantine under JacksonCounty guidelines."ROB REGIER SAYS HIS SONHAS CLASS WITH ANOTHERSTUDENT WHO TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID-19.REGIER"My son wasn't exposed toanyone who was positive atthe time, he happened to bethere a day before."WHEN IT COMES TOJACKSON COUNTYCONTACT TRACINGPOLICIES -IF YOU WERE AROUND APOSITIVE PATIENT TWODAYS BEFORE THIERSYMPTOMS APPEARED -YOU ARE REQUIRED TOISOLATE.CHARLES COHLMIA - JACKSONCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT"Even if you're wearing a clothmask appropriately, it reducesthe chance of transmissionbut it doesn't bring it to zero.So the guidance we have fromthe state is that because it'snot zero, we still recommendquarantine, just to be on thesafe side."DUE TO THE RULES -REGIER'S SON IS DOINGREMOTE LEARNING ANDWILL POTENTIALLY MISSNEXT FRIDAY'S GAME ASWELL.REGIER"For his senior season, tomiss a couple weeks offootball, something that, youknow he hasn't played a sportsince last November, youknow he's been chomping atthe bit to get to some gamesand we've had a couplealready but for them to takethat away, the county, forthem to take that away, it'sbeen tough on him."CURRENTLY 80 STUDENTSIN THE BLUE SPRINGSDISTRICT ARE INQUARANTINE DUE TOEXPOSURE - WHICH THEDISTRICT SAYS IS LESSTHAN 1 PERCENT OF THESTUDENTS AND STAFFDOING IN-PERSONLEARNING.PARENTS LIKE REGIER AREFRUSTRATED HIS SONCANNOT TAKE A COVID-19TEST AND RETURN TOSCHOOL AND OTHERACTIVITIES WITH ANEGATIVE RESULT.COHLMIA"If someone has beenexposed then we need themto quarantine for 14 days fromthe last exposure.

A lot ofpeople will go and get testedreally quickly because theyjust need to know, but even ifyou get a negative test, thatdoes not get you out ofquarantine."NEXT WEEK BLUE SPRINGSSOUTH WITH HOSTLIBERTY AND IT"SUNCLEAR HOW MANYFOOTBALL PLAYERSWOULD STILL BE INQUARANTINE AT THAT TIME.LIVE FROM ROCKHURST,