'Ron DeSantis has beat the expectations on pandemic response for a long time,” fmr. Republican Rep. Curbelo says. “This time, DeSantis' once-healthy passion against excessive Covid restrictions like school closures is coming across as irrational zealotry.'
Against that backdrop, DeSantis issued an executive order Friday saying that the new CDC mask guidance for students"lacks" scientific justification and that the state may withhold funding from schools that institute mandates."No one's saying you can't" wear a mask, he said."But if you're somebody that is concerned about that, that thinks that that may not be the right thing for your child, then I think you should have the right to make that ultimate decision.
"Ron DeSantis has beat the expectations on pandemic response for a long time," said former Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla."However, this time, DeSantis' once-healthy passion against excessive Covid restrictions like school closures is coming across as irrational zealotry" as cases and hospitalizations reach record levels.
Abbott and state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a joint statement Wednesday that any local official or school defying the order will be"taken to court." Schools and officials enacting mask mandates also risk a $1,000 fine.Local officials in some of Texas' most populous jurisdictions don't see it the same way, and they're willing to risk the consequences. Hospitalizations in the state havein the past two weeks.
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