FLORIDA SCHOOLS REOPENED EN MASSE, BUT A SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS DIDN'T FOLLOW, A USA TODAY ANALYSIS FINDS

From USA TODAY
By Jayme Fraser, Mike Stucka, Emily Bloch, Rachel Fradette, Sommer Brugal
Sept 29, 2020

Many teachers and families feared a spike in COVID-19 cases when Florida made the controversial push to reopen schools in August with in-person instruction.
A USA TODAY analysis shows the state’s positive case count among kids ages 5 to 17 declined through late September after a peak in July. Among the counties seeing surges in overall cases, it’s college-age adults – not schoolchildren – driving the trend, the analysis found. READ MORE