More than 28,000 students and school staff in Florida into quarantine and isolation. And that is only with 6 out of 67 districts reporting.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 24, 2021
More than 20,000 students in Mississippi are in quarantine from Covid-19 exposure, according to state data. https://t.co/wJFHUCU9Ga
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 18, 2021
Mississippi has already quarantined over 6% of all K-12 public school students either for COVID-19 exposures or positive tests.
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) August 18, 2021
That's despite the fact that not all schools have opened or begun reported numbers to MSDH yet.https://t.co/4IwJS5tYL7
Just a week into the school year, over 8,000 students in Florida school district isolated or quarantined a week into school year. https://t.co/nI90QrnWkp
— ABC News (@ABC) August 18, 2021
More than 5,500 students at a school district in Central Florida are being forced to quarantine due to an outbreak of COVID, prompting the school board to announce that it's holding an emergency meeting to discuss "mandatory face coverings." https://t.co/WefQQ0KCOT
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2021
COVID outbreaks in three rural Texas communities force school districts to close their doors https://t.co/6961m7Lu1i
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) August 17, 2021
Five days into the school year, and in my kids' school district, there are 176 student Covid cases and 121 staff cases. On Friday, there were 51 student and 74 staff cases. It started at zero on Aug. 10.
— Mónica Rhor 🇪🇨 (@monicarhor) August 17, 2021
(It is self-reported so the real numbers are probably much higher.)
Mississippi has five children dead from Covid-19. The governor couldn’t recall the exact number at a press conference where he announced that there would be no mask mandate for the state’s schools: https://t.co/INfr4GNCMJ pic.twitter.com/4qbmTK5Ajr
— Amrita Khalid (@askhalid) August 15, 2021
BREAKING: An 8th grade Mississippi girl died this morning hours after testing positive for COVID-19. She attended classes throughout the week at a school that began with no mask mandate.
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) August 15, 2021
Yesterday, Gov. Tate Reeves downplayed the danger to schoolchildren. https://t.co/Hd3o0U6Di0
BREAKING: After one week, Pearl River Central High School has quarantined 40% of its entire student body.
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) August 12, 2021
When classes began, the school board made masks optional for a more "normal" school year.
Now, the entire school district is going virtual.https://t.co/zoVDEWxfNw
This fall is going to go great: “Classes began at the Carriere, Miss., school on Aug. 5 with no mask mandates. Since then, the high school has quarantined 394 members of its roughly 1,000-member student body.” https://t.co/fgD9aQe63P
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) August 13, 2021
Frustrated Palm Beach, FL Superintendent of Schools Michael Burke said today that Ron Desantis “has to take responsibility” for the 51 covid cases after just 2 days of school. 34 students and 14 staff tested positive, 440 are home on quarantine. pic.twitter.com/4dRBt7QKpf
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 12, 2021
#BREAKING…. THREE Broward County teachers and ONE assistant have died in a 24 period this week due to coronavirus. Just days before the new school year is set to begin. @wsvn
— Joe Roetz (@JoeRoetz) August 12, 2021
I’m extremely pissed at @GovRonDeSantis. At at 8:42pm tonight my 6 year olds principal called me and told me my child had been exposed to COVID-19. I immediately took her temperature, it was 100.8. I rush and got a test. It came back positive. My baby has COVID 19.
— Mike Harvey (@electMikeHarvey) August 20, 2021
BREAKING: For the 2nd straight day, Tennessee sets a stunning new daily record for #COVID19 cases among school-age children (ages 5-18).
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) August 19, 2021
1,850 in today's report, up from 1,495 the day before.
Previous high of 1,478 was on Dec. 15th.
It has NEVER been this bad. 1/ pic.twitter.com/A5mHfKAntK
More than 28,000 students and school staff in Florida into quarantine and isolation. And that is only with 6 out of 67 districts reporting.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 24, 2021
Sad! 