So Florida will open it's schools in 2 weeks.
On July 16, the state had a total of 23,170 children ages 17 and under who had tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Florida Department of Health. By July 24, that number jumped to 31,150.
That's a 34% increase in new cases among children in eight days.
And more children in Florida are requiring hospitalization. As of July 16, 246 children had been hospitalized with coronavirus. By July 24, that number had jumped to 303.
That's a 23% increase in child Covid-19 hospitalizations in eight days.
During that same time period, the death toll among children in Florida went from 4 to 5.
The surges in child Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations come amid rampant debate over whether children should return to classrooms this fall, or if they should continue remote learning.
They also directly contradict that dumb cunt US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' claims that children are "stoppers of the disease " who "don't get it and transmit it themselves."
Meanwhile researchers in South Korea found that young people between the ages of 10 and 19 years old transmit the Virus as easily as an adult
And White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx has repeatedly said scientists are still studying how quickly children under the age of 10 can spread the virus, as many of them have stayed home and away from their peers during peak months of this pandemic.
But it's not just the numbers of new cases and hospitalizations that are rising in Florida. The positive test results among children has gone up, too -- from 13.4% to 14.4% between July 16 and 24, according to the state health department.
And they're just in the beginning of they're surge in cases of COVID-19.
I propose a national delay in school openings, except for the Red states & use those states as a test study.
Give it one marking period & lets see how well going back too school in the EARLY FUCKING STAGES of a pandemic with no vaccine works out for them.
All the Red states are the True Americans, right?
Well, for God & Country, lead the way and jump right in, ignore all the warnings & kill your children.
Be my guest