Thread by @NikkiFriedFL

We’ve updated the #COVID19 schools data that @GovRonDeSantis didn’t want you to see — and the truth remains the same.

School districts requiring masks from the first day of school saw 𝟮.𝟲 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 #COVID19 total cases per capita than school districts that didn’t.

School districts without mask requirements saw 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 #COVID19 total cases per capita as school districts that required masks with only a medical opt-out.

School districts that required masks with a parental opt-out saw 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝟮𝟱 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙧 #COVID19 total cases per capita than school districts that didn’t require masks.

Overall, the 22 school districts that required masks — with either medical or parental opt-out — 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 #COVID19 total cases per capita than school districts that didn’t require masks.

When comparing peak weekly caseloads, school districts that required masks saw 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝟯.𝟱 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 #COVID19 peak cases per capita than school districts that didn’t require masks.

Finally, comparing peak weekly caseloads, the five largest school districts (all requiring masks, all with >180,000 students) saw 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 #COVID19 peak cases per capita than the five smallest school districts (none requiring masks, all with <8,700 students).

Again, I public records requested #COVID19 data from @HealthyFla months ago with no response — so this is publicly available data direct from our schools.

See it here: 1drv.ms/x/s!AucBHDdBrR…

This data belongs to you — and it shows our kids are safer when they #WearAMask.