"DeSantis...called his detractors "flat-earthers" (about closing schools due to pandemic)

[steve2470]

Link to tweet

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/11/30/gov-desantis-florida-schools-stay-open-2021/6466124002/

At a press conference held at a Kissimmee elementary school, DeSantis called closing public schools during the coronavirus pandemic the "biggest public health blunder" in modern U.S. history and called his detractors "flat-earthers." He said the effects of closing schools will be felt for years.

"Virtual learning is just not the same as being in person," DeSantis said of public education.

The announcement comes as Florida has seen a surge in cases in past weeks and is poised to cross the million-case mark on Tuesday.

An in-person connection, many educators and parents say, is often the linchpin for academic success. It's why, despite the pandemic, a growing number of districts are requiring students struggling online to attend class in person, if that's an option. "

Fuck this guy. He is as bad as Trump. He needs to be gone, yesterday.

[JDC]

1. I don't think that means what he thinks it means

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. +1

[fearnobush]

3. And what is hiding Covid deaths called Dr Gov, dead earthers?

[Midnight Writer]

4. He reflects poorly on Florida. This is the guy they chose as leader?

[hay rick]

5. Seems like a lot of Florida voters are deeply spiteful.

[iscooterliberally]

6. He reflects poorly on everything he has ever been a part of. n/t

[steve2470]

7. Should Schools Stay Open? Not So Fast (article)

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-12-02/shut-them-down-why-schools-might-not-be-safe-during-covid-19

ON THANKSGIVING DAY, The COVID Monitor – our database tracking coronavirus cases in K-12 schools – showed there had been nearly 250,000 student and staff cases across the United States since Aug. 1.

That's more cases than in every U.S. state combined from January to April 1 of this year.

In fact, more than 1 million children have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States alone.

Yet the research on cases in U.S. schools remains limited. Inaccurate, unproven claims have filled the data gap, aiming to assuage anxieties about reopening schools for in-person classes, with seemingly little regard for the potential impacts the virus may have on the students, staff and communities affected by such choices.