Florida principal who fought DeSantis over weakening Covid rules in schools dies from virus

[Botany]

Source: Yahoo News/Independent

A Florida school principal who challenged the push for reopening schools after a Covid surge in the state in 2020 has succumbed to complications from long Covid.

Jimbo Jackson, 55, was serving as the head of Fort Braden School when he tested positive for the virus in July 2020 and had seen the death of two employees from Covid in the school premises.

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The principal had strongly contested the push for reopening schools by governor Ron DeSantis in 2020 and said those attending school - "our students, staff and personnel" - were not a "gamble" he was willing to take.

As a school leader, he had said he could not "continue to see my school family mourn our friends and then tell them that he can keep them safe when they come to school".

"That would certainly be a lie and a slap in the face to the Byrd and Bradwell families [the school employees who had died from Covid] as they grieve and plan memorial services for angels gone too soon," the principal had said back then.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/florida-principal-fought-desantis-over-095142584.html

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Jimbo Jackson, 55, was serving as the head of Fort Braden School.



Republicans and their ideas kill people be it with C-19, guns and gun laws, health care or lack there of,
unneeded wars, coal mines, and their environmental policies.

[Botany]

3. Principal Jackson was one of the good guys.

n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

5. You do know this guy fought against De Santis' policy?

De Santis is a psychopathic killer. The way that Republicans forfeit life at the same time that they strive to bring in replacements sounds like a really bad dystopian sci fi story.

[Initech]

7. I misread that, so I will leave the room now.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. .

[IronLionZion]

2. Republicans are so pro-life

they literally kill people with their policies on COVID and guns

[33taw]

4. DeSantis will consider this a win.

[Javaman]

9. you took the thought out of my head.

more over, shit head desatan will make some stupid comment like, "I told you so", which would make no sense to thinking people but his moron followers will eat up as "owning the libs".

[niyad]

6. Yet more blood on deathsentence's hands.

[Botany]

8. I have come to the conclusion that people like DeSantis (Yale B.A. & Harvard JD) know that ...

... masks, testing, and vaccines work but have been blocking their use so the disease will
spread and then they can blame President Biden for not stopping it. There can be no other
explanation for their behavior.

[Rebl2]

11. Thought that

for a while now.

[NCDem47]

14. Well, COVID was (is?) killing peopple of color at a higher ratio. Hit D states harder at onset.

So Rs can view as knocking out Ds. If they have dumb Rs killed is the process? Collateral damage. They weren't worth keeping around in their minds.

Just a sick game really. Really sick.

[IronLionZion]

15. He was doing this all through Trump's presidency in 2020

COVID played a part in Trump's defeat and I hope it helps defeat DeSantis this November

[niyad]

23. I hope it kills him. A nice bit of poetic justice.

[IronLionZion]

24. He's vaxxed to the max

while encouraging others to go without the vaccine.

[niyad]

26. True. But even vaxxed and boosted nit 100%. Or, he could choke on his bile

and venom and lies.

[JI7]

21. It's about getting support from their ignorant base

especially for a presidential run.

[Initech]

12. It's seriously like him and Greg Abbott are in a contest to see who can be the worst governor.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. They are not "governing." They are destroying their states and letting people die.

[FBaggins]

13. Not in this case

At least... not as it appears to be reported.

It looks like the principal caught Covid prior to FL schools reopening in the Fall of 2020 and has now reportedly succumbed to "long covid" from that initial infection.

No reporting indicating that the policy he disagreed with contributed to his death.

[live love laugh]

16. 🥲🥲🥲🥲

[wnylib]

18. WTF is wrong with Republicans?

A damned death cult.

[sakabatou]

19. Yep

[Hulk]

20. Please wake the hell up, Floridians.

I know I'm wasting my breath on the cult and the tRump enablers...but the sane few, the independents and Democrats had better show up 100%...or your state is fucked.

[hlthe2b]

22. May his courage be remembered; may his fight continue with others...

[Cha]

25. Heartbreaking💖🤷‍♂️RIP Jimbo Jackson

💙💛

[greenjar_01]

27. What was the cause of death?

[eppur_se_muova]

28. RIP, Mr. Jackson. You did your best against greedy, heartless evil. nt