Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is under fire this week for making a false claim that the coronavirus does not affect young people.
It’s the latest blowback for DeSantis, who has been roundly criticized for his refusal to close the state’s beaches, even as spring breakers flocked there amid a growing outbreak.
“This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide there’s been a single fatality under 25. For whatever reason it just doesn’t seem to threaten, you know, kids,” he told a group of educators on Thursday. Continue reading.