At the time, I don't think we knew that (i.e. kids were not strongly affected). Plus there was active concern about them carrying it home to adults/seniors (grandma!). Though I think Nadler is wrong, and it doesn't appear the science (even today) supports his assertion. Not that I know or care who he is, but his statement isn't supported by evidence.

It does appear DeSantis was correct in resuming school earlier than most states, but he really didn't have any way to know that at the time. He was just going off of ideology. He happened to be correct this time, in hindsight. Even a broken clock is right twice a day**.




**That should probably be updated. Most clocks I see are digital, and if they're flashing "12:00 am" then they're only right once per day. ;-)