Fla. lawmaker calls for school districts to count quarantined students, staff COVID cases in totals

4 in your Corner uncovered 'at home' cases not counted

AREN’T SHARING WITH YOU ..CONTINUES RIGHT NOW.(PAUSE)ARE SOME OF FLORIDA’S 67 SCHOOLDISTRICTS HOLDING BACK THE REALNUMBER OF HOW MANY STUDENTS AREGETTING SICK WITH COVID??

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SAYS WHAT OURINVESTIGATION HAS FOUND SHOULDBE OF CONCERN FOR OF ALL US.(139-146):30- i think it’s irresponsibleof us if we’re not counting allcases.FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE SHEVRINJONES REACTS TO A RECENTDISCOVERY WE MADE THAT SHOWSSOME FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICTSARE NOT INCLUDING ALL POSITIVECOVID CASES INVOLVING THEIRSTUDENTS AND STAFF.6:38- the last thing we need todo here in florida is to lieabout our numbersWE REVEALED HOW SEVERAL SCHOOLDISTRICTS ARE EXCLUDING THENUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFFMEMBERS WHO TEST POSITIVE AFTERBEING QUARANTINED FROM CAMPUS(amanda)47:23- the school considered himan at home cas━THIS POLK COUNTY MOM STILL CAN’TGET A STRAIGHT ANSWER ON WHETHERHER SON’S CASE WILL BE INCLUDEDIN THE DISTRICT’S TOTALS.

HERSON WAS QUARANTINED BECAUSE OF ACASE AT HIS HIGH SCHOO━A FEW DAYS LATER- HE TESTEDPOSITIVEA DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON TOLD USUNLESS THE STUDENT HAD CLOSECONTACT WITH OTHERS ONCAMPUSAND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTDETERMINED FURTHER QUARANTINESARE NECESSAR━ STUDENTS ANDSTAFF MEMBERS WHO TEST POSITIVEWHILE IN SECLUSION ARE NOTINCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL’S TOTALCOUNT OF CASES.SAME IN LEON COUNTYAND MIAMI DADE COUNT━ WHEREHIGH CASELOAD HAS FORCED THEDELAY OF BRICK AND MORTARSCHOOLS FOR ANOTHER FEW WEEKS.5:31- if that’s the directionthat miami dade county is goingto then i hope they reconsider.JONES REPRESENTS PARTS OF SOUTHFLORIDA WHERE BROWARD COUNTYSCHOOLS AND PALM BEACH SCHOOLSARE AMONG THE DISTRICTS WHO TOLDUS THEY DO INCLUDE THE NUMBER OFINDIVIDUALS WHO TEST POSITIVEWHILE IN QUARANTINE FROM SCHOOL.2:02- we have this totalinconsistency of how we aretracking covid, in how we arereporting covid, it should notbe this difficult.JONES BELIEVES THE BIGGERPROBLEM RESTS WITH THE STATE-TO DATE, FLORIDA’S DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH HAS YET TO MAKE THENUMBER OF SCHOOL CASESPUBLICLEAVING DISTRICTS TO POSTTHEIR OWN NUMBERSUSING THEIROWN GUIDELINES.4:26- The leaders at the topthey have to give direction thattrickles down to the separatecounties and to the districts sothey can give direction.

Ifno-one gives direction, everyoneis going to do what they want todo and that’s what’s happeningright now.TAGDESPITE THE GOVERNOR’S PROMISETO MAKE SCHOOL CASE NUMBERSPUBLICIT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHENTHE FLORIDA’S DEPARTME