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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis along with medical experts from Stanford and Harvard participated in a virtual roundtable to discuss evidence-based approaches to reopening schools and restaurants.
In a virtual roundtable with the governor, medical experts said they believe lockdowns are no longer an effective way to control the virus.
READ: Florida reports 179 deaths linked to COVID-19, another 2,500 cases of the virus
Experts also said they don’t believe that schools were vectors of transmissions for the virus, but children with symptoms should be sent home.
As of Thursday, there have been 693,040 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida.
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Posted by WFTV Channel 9 on Thursday, September 24, 2020
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