Missouri GOP Gov. Mike Parson doesn't understand what the big deal is about sending children back to school in the fall. His remarks to a conservative talk radio host overlook several important things we know about coronavirus. | Analysis by CillizzaCNN
"These kids have got to get back to school," Parson told a conservative talk radio host."They're at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get Covid-19, which they will -- and they will when they go to school -- they're not going to the hospitals. They're not going to have to sit in doctor's offices. They're going to go home and they're going to get over it.
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! The seven-day average in cases in Missouri is up to 854, according to The New York Times. It was 238 cases a month ago.Parson's push for kids to return to school -- he held a press conference earlier this month making clear he believed schools needed to reopen in the fall -- gibes with a similar effort by President Donald Trump at the national level.
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