Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: Screaming into a pillow, Florida, Covid-19 edition

Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: Screaming into a pillow, Florida, Covid-19 edition

Screaming into a pillow, Florida, Covid-19 edition

the revelation that Governor DeSantis said on one hand schools could close at the direction of their health departments and on the other told those health departments not to help, I spent more than a few minutes screaming into a pillow. His politicization of health is unacceptable and should be an impeachable offense, but it also should be a jailable one as well.

From the Palm Beach Post,

“It’s not up to the health department to say a yes or a no,” the governor said.

As Gov. Ron DeSantis 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.

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 CONTINUE READING: Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters: Screaming into a pillow, Florida, Covid-19 edition