Parson's comments on coronavirus raise eyebrows

Gov. Mike Parson's controversial remarks on a radio show are getting widespread attention and some pushback, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

In an interview on Friday with St. Louis talk-radio host Marc Cox, Parson said children would get coronavirus when they return to school this fall.

“These kids have got to get back to school,” Parson told Cox. “They’re at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get COVID-19, which they will — and they will when they go to school — they’re not going to the hospitals. They’re not going to have to sit in doctor’s offices. They’re going to go home and they’re going to get over it.”

Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway, the Democratic candidate for governor, said Parson’s comments displayed “stunning ignorance."

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