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Florida's Covid-19 cases in children have increased 137% in past month - CNN
Trump says children unlikely to catch coronavirus, unconcerned about reports of infections
Yet 7 children died of the virus in Florida alone in one month. They do get it, and they do get sick, and they do die of it.
Seems like Trump thinks that is a 'who cares?' situation.
In Florida, the total number of cases in children 17 and under rose from 16,797 on July 9 to 39,735 on August 9 -- an increase of 137%, according to Florida Department of Health data......
Covid-19 hospitalizations among children in Florida rose from 213 to 436 during that same period, a 105% increase. Deaths among children rose from four to seven in Florida during that period...
But Trump and DeVos want school resumed because children don't get sick or spread the virus:Covid-19 hospitalizations among children in Florida rose from 213 to 436 during that same period, a 105% increase. Deaths among children rose from four to seven in Florida during that period...
Trump says children unlikely to catch coronavirus, unconcerned about reports of infections
"I think for the most part, [kids] don't get very sick, they don't catch it very easily, and ... they don't transfer it to other people, or certainly not very easily," Trump said.
However, health experts say the evidence is far from clear, and recent studies have found infections in children of all ages.
Data from the American Academy of Pediatrics published Monday found that more than 97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 during the last two weeks of July, more than a quarter of the total number of children diagnosed nationwide since March.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/23/devoss-claim-that-children-are-stoppers-covid-19/However, health experts say the evidence is far from clear, and recent studies have found infections in children of all ages.
Data from the American Academy of Pediatrics published Monday found that more than 97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 during the last two weeks of July, more than a quarter of the total number of children diagnosed nationwide since March.
“More and more studies show that kids are actually stoppers of the disease and they don’t get it and transmit it themselves, so we should be in a posture of — the default should be getting back to school kids in person, in the classroom.”
— Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, in an interview on “The Conservative Circus” (iHeart radio), July 16
— Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, in an interview on “The Conservative Circus” (iHeart radio), July 16
Yet 7 children died of the virus in Florida alone in one month. They do get it, and they do get sick, and they do die of it.
Seems like Trump thinks that is a 'who cares?' situation.