Missouri Governor Mike Parson is the first elected official and epidemiology hobbyist that I have seen, who accepts that kids are going to get the Covid-19 virus, share it with their families, schoolmates and communities, and does not think it is a big deal.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, in a radio interview on Friday said that children have to go back to school, where they will get COVID-19 but will "get over it."
"These kids have got to get back to school," Parson told Marc Cox on KFTK. "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."
"We gotta move on," he said. "We can't just let this thing stop us in our tracks."
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When they take it home Governor, it’s the other people, the most vulnerable people in your state, that might not get over it.
The most recent public figure I recall being this indifferent about kid’s health in the middle of a pandemic was Dr. Oz.
Dr. Oz Is Sorry You Were Offended by His Comment That It’s Fine for 2–3% of Schoolchildren to Die
APRIL 17, 2020
On Tuesday, Mehmet Oz, aka Dr. Oz, told Sean Hannity that we should consider sacrificing 2–3% of the nation’s children in order to get back to everyday life. Somehow, his full statement is even more disturbing[...]
Asked by Hannity to “help us,” Oz responded: “First, we need our mojo back. Let’s start with things that are really critical to the nation where we think we might be able to open without getting into a lot of trouble. I tell ya, schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3%, in terms of total mortality. Any, you know, any life is a life lost, but…that might be a trade-off some folks would consider.”
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This is beyond politics. This is a reckless public health policy that endangers the kids, their teachers, their parents, their communities and potentially neighboring states.