"DeSantis Omits Data on Child COVID Rates as He Touts Decision to Open Schools"
"As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis travels the state promoting his performance fighting the coronavirus, he often points to a relatively low infection rate among children — even after his administration compelled school districts to offer in-person learning."
"But this week, the NBC 6 Investigators found, he twice misled the public about how Florida stacks up to other states when it comes to infection rates among school-age children."
"During comments Monday lambasting Democrats for, he claimed, putting teachers' unions "ahead of the well-being of our children," he touted how well Florida protected school children from the virus, compared to other states."
""We’ve been in-person (learning) as much as anybody in the country. And yet we’re 34th out of 50 states and DC for COVID-19 cases on a per capita basis for children," he said."
"That is not true, unless -- as the governor did -- you ignore more than 50,000 children over the age of 14 who contracted the virus. By using a statistic for children under 15, he effectively removed high school students from the data he cited twice this week to validate his decision to offer in-person classes to all public schools students.
The states DeSantis was comparing Florida to do, in fact, include those older students."
"When states reporting cases among children under 18 are compared to Florida's rate for the same age group, Florida ranks ninth -- not 34th -- according to an NBC 6 analysis of state Department of Health and U.S. Census Bureau data."
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...as-he-touts-decision-to-open-schools/2385631/
Not that the Governor has a history regarding valid Covid statistics (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/corona...0201014-tfho3kvw7jaabmlv2d7gwndgii-story.html)
Appears Ronny has learned a lot from his mentor, just float the lie, they'll believe you, even echo it, and when snagged, say the media is picking on you
"As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis travels the state promoting his performance fighting the coronavirus, he often points to a relatively low infection rate among children — even after his administration compelled school districts to offer in-person learning."
"But this week, the NBC 6 Investigators found, he twice misled the public about how Florida stacks up to other states when it comes to infection rates among school-age children."
"During comments Monday lambasting Democrats for, he claimed, putting teachers' unions "ahead of the well-being of our children," he touted how well Florida protected school children from the virus, compared to other states."
""We’ve been in-person (learning) as much as anybody in the country. And yet we’re 34th out of 50 states and DC for COVID-19 cases on a per capita basis for children," he said."
"That is not true, unless -- as the governor did -- you ignore more than 50,000 children over the age of 14 who contracted the virus. By using a statistic for children under 15, he effectively removed high school students from the data he cited twice this week to validate his decision to offer in-person classes to all public schools students.
The states DeSantis was comparing Florida to do, in fact, include those older students."
"When states reporting cases among children under 18 are compared to Florida's rate for the same age group, Florida ranks ninth -- not 34th -- according to an NBC 6 analysis of state Department of Health and U.S. Census Bureau data."
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...as-he-touts-decision-to-open-schools/2385631/
Not that the Governor has a history regarding valid Covid statistics (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/corona...0201014-tfho3kvw7jaabmlv2d7gwndgii-story.html)
Appears Ronny has learned a lot from his mentor, just float the lie, they'll believe you, even echo it, and when snagged, say the media is picking on you