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Ron DeSantis: “They're the least important in terms of transmitting the…”

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7/23/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Press Conference in Melbourne

Published July 23, 2020 | Video Starts at 18:46

And then the other thing just, you know, yesterday we made a statement about education and how important that is. Our kids are ones who, you know, they're the least at risk for this by far. They're the least important in terms of transmitting the virus. And yet they've really suffered a lot under the control measures that have been put in place since mid March. And so that is a real problem. (18:46–18:51)

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“The positivity rate [for long-term care facility staff testing] has been about 3%, which is lower than it is in the community.”
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“Most of the patients [in Florida hospitals] are not in for Covid.”
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“Brevard's been in the single digits [for COVID-19 positivity rates] pretty consistently now for the past week.”
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“We had another 30,000 vials of remdesivir [shipped] earlier this week.”
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“We're getting another 11,000 vials [of remdesivir] to arrive at hospitals tomorrow.”
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“The state has already deployed over 1000 medical personnel to assist not only our hospitals, but also our Covid only long term care…”
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“We now have 21 [Covid-only nursing facilities] operating throughout the state.”
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“We have four more [Covid-only nursing facilities] pending will likely be online by the end of the month and that'll be a total of 1700 beds.”
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“We're testing every staff member who works at a long term care facility on a bi weekly basis.”
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“3% of 200,000, you know, that's about 6,000 staff members that have tested positive.”
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“We're also dispatching incident management teams to all 4,000 plus long term care facilities in the state.”
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“We've sent over 10 million masks and we've sent massive amounts of face shields and gloves and gowns.”
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“We've had fewer [outbreaks in long-term care facilities] as a percentage than many other states.”
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“Our percent positive is a little bit lower than it was two weeks ago. We were 15, 17%. Now we've been 11 to 13.”
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“Our kids are ones who, you know, they're the least at risk for this by far.”
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“We need to give parents the options to get their kids back into face to face [learning].”
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“The problems that will mount by keeping kids out of school indefinitely I think will be really, really significant.”
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