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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissouri Gov - cavalier remarks about kids and COVID: 'if they do get COVID, which they will...
Missouri governor says kids have to go back to school and 'if they do get COVID, which they will... they're going to go home and they're going to get over it'Governor Mike Parson caused a stir with cavalier remarks he made in defense of his decision to reopen schools on a St Louis radio show on Friday
He acknowledged that it's possible all children will contract coronavirus at school but said: 'They're going to get over it'
Parson's comments came amid a nationwide debate over reopening schools
President Trump threatened to pull funding from schools that don't reopen
Missouri has seen an alarming uptick in infections in recent weeks, with a record 958 new cases confirmed on Saturday
The state has reported more than 35,200 cases and 1,167 deaths to date
By MEGAN SHEETS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 10:59 EDT, 20 July 2020 | UPDATED: 11:47 EDT, 20 July 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8541139/Missouri-Governor-Mike-Parson-says-schools-reopen-children-coronavirus.html
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Missouri Gov - cavalier remarks about kids and COVID: 'if they do get COVID, which they will... (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Jul 2020
OP
Good By ..Governor Parson...you will be gone and not forgotten for those words....
Stuart G
Jul 2020
#4
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)1. Wrong, Gov.
They will pass it on to other's you ignorant fuck.
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)3. Exactly.
How thick can you be?
SharonAnn
(13,776 posts)11. They will go home and spread it to their family and to their neighbors.
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)2. Kickin' with disgust!
and and
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)4. Good By ..Governor Parson...you will be gone and not forgotten for those words....
as your hero ...Arnold...used to say...."Hasta La Vista Baby"..!!!!!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)5. That's Our "Esteemed Governor Do Nothing"
a real horse's backside.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)6. Parents will get it. Some of those parents will be sick for weeks.
Some of them will die. Not a big deal, right?
stillcool
(32,626 posts)7. People don't matter..
those that can afford to protect themselves will. Those that can't...oh well.
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)8. I hope when he is up for re-election this cavalier attitude about the citizens of Missouri
Is highlighted and he is voted out.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)9. Stupid fucking Trumpy hick . . .
Fuck your "Aw-shucks" folksy negligent persona to the 9th Circle of Hell.
Greitens was a corrupt, sexually abusive POS, but Parsons will preside over the deaths of thousands.
0rganism
(23,957 posts)10. all these assholes need to be asked what they consider "acceptable losses"
where's the limit? in the hundreds? in the thousands?
let's see if voters agree with their assessments
area51
(11,911 posts)12. F Gov. Parson