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Chip Roy: “The closure of schools is not justified by what we know about COVID-19. The disease does not affect children.”

On the recordJune 9, 2020
The closure of schools is not justified by what we know about COVID-19. The disease does not affect children.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Roy argues that schools can reopen safely as children are less affected by COVID-19.

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