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Important watchdog reporting from @nbc6:
"During comments Monday lambasting Democrats for, he claimed, putting teachers' unions 'ahead of the well-being of our children,' @GovRonDeSantis touted how well Florida protected school children from the virus, compared to other states.
"During comments Monday lambasting Democrats for, he claimed, putting teachers' unions 'ahead of the well-being of our children,' @GovRonDeSantis touted how well Florida protected school children from the virus, compared to other states.
"'We’ve been in-person 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 50K children over 14 who contracted the virus."
"By using a stat for children under 15, he effectively removed high school students from data he cited twice this week to validate his decision to offer in-person classes to all public school students. The states DeSantis was comparing Florida to ... 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/desantis-omits-data-on-child-covid-rates-as-he-touts-decision-to-open-schools/2385631/?_osource=db_npd_nbc_wtvj_twt_shr
