Missouri Gov: Schools Must Open Because Kids Who Get COVID There Will Just Go Back Home And “Get Over It”

“There’s data out there, there’s scientific evidence now of who this affects and who it doesn’t, and kids are the least likely to have a problem with this.

“These kids have got to get back to school. They’re at the lowest risk possible, and if they do get COVID-19, which they will — and they will when they go to school — they’re not going to the hospitals.

“They’re not going to have to sit in doctor’s offices They’re going to go home and they’re going to get over it.” – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.

What kind of person says this? What is happening? https://t.co/TlxK5ryxNc

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) July 20, 2020

missouri kids, of course, live in homes with no parents https://t.co/EUIWTCDpAv

— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 20, 2020

.@GovParsonMO has already accepted that your kids and families will be exposed to COVID-19 when schools reopen. But it doesn’t stop there. Teachers, bus drivers, janitors, and so many more are also at risk. We need a plan that keeps every Missourian safe. https://t.co/og1UAmkGC6

— Nicole Galloway (@nicolergalloway) July 20, 2020