“If you’re younger, it just hasn’t had an impact,' the governor falsely said of the COVID-19 pandemic.
― one baby, one person aged 1 to 4, and six people aged 15 to 24 ― have died from COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
DeSantis also ignored the likelihood that many children have mild or undetected cases of the virus and are infecting parents, teachers or anyone else they come into contact with. Reopening schools and other community spaces, public health officials say, should be based on how aggressively the disease is spreading, not on one age group’s potential vulnerability.
But DeSantis insisted: “If you’re younger, it just hasn’t had an impact, so that should factor into how we’re viewing this. I think the data on that has been 100% consistent.”“Closing schools is an agonizing decision, but, with caveats, it’s the inevitable and correct one in the midst of this unprecedented national emergency,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said in a statement last month when national teachers unions pressed for closures.
DeSantis finally bowed to pressure to impose a stay-at-home order last week ― weeks after many other states took action ― but he carved out anin churches, synagogues and other houses of worship, deeming them “essential” activities exempt from the mandate. At the time, Florida had confirmed nearly 7,000 cases of coronavirus. As of Friday, that number was up to
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