Missouri's governor Parsons has shown no leadership through the pandemic, from inconsistently using a mask to participating in crowded events of well over 50 people. He refuses to issue a mask order and now, as he pushes for schools to reopen in the fall, he admits that kids will get the virus.
Parsons, who doesn't seem to understand science, says that the kids will go home and come back, and not require hospitalization. Apparently he hasn't followed the latest reports to the contrary. Or perhaps he doesn't care about the teachers who will contract it from the kids and die, leaving no babysitters behind, because that's why he wants to reopen. If he truly cared about education he would hold science in a higher regard. No, he wants the teachers to watch the kids so the parents can work and his economy can "be strong" even as covid cases rise. It's absolutely chilling how open the politicians are about how it doesn't even matter to them. At first it was "There won't be many cases, we have it under control," until it was gradually made into a part of daily life, which is what they'd planned all along. They weren't going to DO anything about it.
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