I remember this. DeSantis put what was right above the polls while the press and partisans created an entire science-free hysteria campaign to suggest opening schools was dangerous.
He then overcame a lawsuit from the unions. He was indisputably right, and they were all wrong.
He then overcame a lawsuit from the unions. He was indisputably right, and they were all wrong.
https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1286447961078001665
It was a defining moment during the pandemic. It also put pressure on a lot of other states/the feds to do the right thing with schools. It became much harder to argue it was dangerous to open schools when Florida did it successfully and the kids there benefitted enormously.
At some point, someone will have to go back and find the articles from then about how "experts" warn a wave of infections and deaths is coming if Florida reopens schools. And how DeSantis was ignoring the (selective) experts and prioritizing politics over safety.
And for anyone claiming that this is looking back with hindsight, it's just not true.
Here was me arguing for the need to open schools in the fall of 2020 and consider the impact of closing them weeks before that Luntz tweet.
Here was me arguing for the need to open schools in the fall of 2020 and consider the impact of closing them weeks before that Luntz tweet.
https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1281019726622126080
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