And, Ron DeSantis? It is hitting children:
More Florida children were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Tuesday than in any other state, reflecting a rapid rise in serious illness among an age group considered to be at the lowest risk of severe outcomes from the disease and many still not eligible for the vaccine.
A total of 46 pediatric patients were admitted to a Florida hospital with a confirmed infection while an additional 22 were hospitalized with a suspected case, according to the federal government’s hospital capacity data.
Only Texas reported a higher total number of pediatric patients in hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 on Tuesday — 142 children — compared to 135 in Florida.
And not just in Florida and Texas:
CLEVELAND — As the delta variant of COVID-19 spreads across the United States, more concerns are growing regarding how to keep children safe.
Fourteen pediatric coronavirus cases were reported in Ohio this weekend, according to a spokesperson for the Cleveland Clinic. States further south are reporting a rapid uptick in children admitted to local hospitals.
Utah will give KN95 masks to children in schools
Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said he’s fed up with people who can get vaccinated but choose not to.
So to help protect children too young to get vaccinated, “I have instructed our teams to provide a KN95 mask for every child that wants one in the state,” Cox said Tuesday.
“We are purchasing those now. We will make those available to schools so that children and parents who want their child to be masked … will have the opportunity to have available at no cost to them a KN95 mask.”
The governor said neither he nor schools have the authority issue mask mandates, but local health departments and county elected officials can decide on a mask mandate for their schools for 30 days at a time.
Vaccine refuseniks are going to find out how real Covid is when their children start dying. Even then, so invested are they in Covid denial that they might never admit it to themselves.