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As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed this summer for schools to reopen, state leaders told school boards they would need Health Department approval if they wanted to keep classrooms closed, the Palm Beach Post reports.
Then they instructed health directors not to give it.
Following a directive from DeSantis administration, county health directors across Florida refused to give school boards advice about one of the most wrenching public health decisions in modern history: whether to reopen schools in a worsening pandemic.
Said school Lake County School Board Marc Dodd: When we voted to reopen schools, Ill be honest and tell you I did it because we are under an executive order to do so. Do I think theyre safe? Absolutely not.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200807/health-directors-told-to-keep-quiet-as-fla-leaders-pressed-to-reopen-classrooms
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)RKP5637
(67,084 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,059 posts)are exposed as a result of schools being reopened too soon, and then gets sick and/or dies, these deaths need to be laid directly at the hands of desantis and rump. No less than murder or indifference to human life should be charged. Such a reckless disregard for human life.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)DeSantis and Trump will blame the Health Directors for failing to stand up and prevent the schools from opening too early.
crickets
(25,951 posts)safeguarding and promoting health.
Criminal.