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Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 12:05 PM Jul 2020

Missouri 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
Wrong, Gov. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2020 #1
Exactly. Ohiogal Jul 2020 #3
They will go home and spread it to their family and to their neighbors. SharonAnn Jul 2020 #11
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Jul 2020 #2
Good By ..Governor Parson...you will be gone and not forgotten for those words.... Stuart G Jul 2020 #4
That's Our "Esteemed Governor Do Nothing" Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #5
Parents will get it. Some of those parents will be sick for weeks. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #6
People don't matter.. stillcool Jul 2020 #7
I hope when he is up for re-election this cavalier attitude about the citizens of Missouri kimbutgar Jul 2020 #8
Stupid fucking Trumpy hick . . . hatrack Jul 2020 #9
all these assholes need to be asked what they consider "acceptable losses" 0rganism Jul 2020 #10
F Gov. Parson area51 Jul 2020 #12

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
4. Good By ..Governor Parson...you will be gone and not forgotten for those words....
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jul 2020

as your hero ...Arnold...used to say...."Hasta La Vista Baby"..!!!!!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)
6. Parents will get it. Some of those parents will be sick for weeks.
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 12:33 PM
Jul 2020

Some of them will die. Not a big deal, right?

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
8. I hope when he is up for re-election this cavalier attitude about the citizens of Missouri
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 01:05 PM
Jul 2020

Is highlighted and he is voted out.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
9. Stupid fucking Trumpy hick . . .
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 01:09 PM
Jul 2020

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"
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 01:14 PM
Jul 2020

where's the limit? in the hundreds? in the thousands?
let's see if voters agree with their assessments

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