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Anderson Cooper 360

Florida judge allows school mask mandates to continue despite governor's appeal

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

According to the CDC, the rise in Covid deaths may continue over the next month, even as hospitalizations possibly stabilize. This is even though more than 75 percent of adults have received one vaccine shot. However, the CDC also noted today, the pace of vaccinations is down.  The spike in cases comes not only as America's schools re-open, but as new data from the American Academy of Pediatrics says 1 in 4 of these new cases is of a child. The organization says there has been a 250 percent increase in infections of children from five weeks ago. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis banned school mask mandates that didn't allow for a parental opt-out. That led to a legal fight. And today a Florida judge ruled against DeSantis’ appeal, allowing Florida schools to continue to have mask mandates while the case is appealed at a higher level. One of the school superintendents front and center in the fight talks to Anderson. And is former President Trump making plans to enter the 2024 GOP Presidential race? Mary Trump, his niece, joins Anderson to discuss the possible political moves.    Airdate: September 8, 2021   Guests: Carlee Simon Mary Trump To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening tomorrow, President Biden will address the nation about his plans to reverse

0:04.4

the staggering rise in COVID cases and deaths that's worse now than one year ago.

0:09.1

In fact, today the CDC said the rise in deaths may continue over the next four weeks, even

0:13.0

as hospitalizations possibly and we cautioned possibly stabilize.

0:17.3

This is despite the fact that more than 75 percent of adults are now vaccinated.

0:20.9

However, as the CDC also noted today, the pace of vaccinations is down by 26 percent

0:26.1

from a month ago.

0:27.6

We should caution these vaccination numbers come after a holiday weekend.

0:31.2

Officials tell CNN the president is going to lay out a six-point plan with obvious political

0:35.2

economic and public health repercussions.

0:37.8

And we'll talk about that more tonight.

0:39.5

But right now we want to focus on what officials say will be one element of that plan, which

0:43.6

is safeguarding kids and schools.

0:46.7

The spike in cases comes not only as America's schools reopen, but as new data from the American

0:51.8

Academy of Pediatrics says one in four, these new cases is in a child.

0:57.8

Not only that, the organization says there's been a 250 percent increase in infections

1:02.0

of children from five weeks ago.

1:04.1

Vaccines are, as you know, unavailable for those under 12.

1:07.6

But one thing that appears to unite alerts while the Democrats, Republicans and parents

1:11.8

at this moment, is that kids should be in school, which leaves a mask as one of the next

1:16.4

best lines of protection.

1:17.4

But as we've seen most notably in Florida, mask mandates have become deeply polarizing.

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