The joint report from the AAP and the Children’s Hospital Association draws on data from state and local health departments in 49 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in children as of Aug. 6, 2020, was 380,174, and that number is 90% higher – an increase of 179,990 cases – than the total on July 9, just 4 weeks earlier, the two organizations said in the report.
Yikes!
And that’s even before school opened!
Let’s open the schools, let the virus spread so the kids can bring it home for Mom and Dad!
Yes, I figured that was sarcasm. But it’s pretty much what this administration is recommending.
My initial reply was sarcasm.