Florida Still Sees Record COVID-19 Surge As School Year Begins, But DeSantis Digs In
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Florida Still Sees Record COVID-19 Surge As School Year Begins, But DeSantis Digs In

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Florida continues to be the COVID-19 epicenter of the highly transmissible delta variant, with record new cases and rising hospitalizations as some schools start their new year ― but the deadly dilemma does not seem to faze the state’s Republican governor. Families of students in schools across Florida filed a lawsuit against DeSantis on Friday, arguing that mask requirements are a public health issue and not a “parents’ choice issue,” as the governor has framed it, attorney Charles Gallagher told NBC News. Dowling is a father to three school-aged children in Broward County, and told WPTV-TV that he is “alarmed by the increasing rates of COVID-19 infections in our state, while our feckless governor twiddles his fingers, runs his mouth and thumbs his nose at science.” “Heaven forbid we lost a child to this virus, I can’t just simply blame the governor of the state of Florida,”@LeonSchools Supt. pic.twitter.com/lEm3Tfc6rD — Scott Travis August 9, 2021 Last week, two Florida school districts stepped up to announce they would follow the CDC’s recommendations and require masks when they start the new school year. I can’t.” On Friday, Florida’s Board of Education approved an emergency rule granting private school vouchers for children who feel harassed by a district’s reasonable COVID-19 safety policies, including mask mandates.

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