Cornyn on COVID-19: 'We Still Don't Know Whether Children Can Get It and Transmit It'

[TexasTowelie]

When asked about the safety of Texas students and teachers returning to classrooms, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) appeared to question whether children can catch and transmit the new coronavirus, but data provided by doctors and government websites contradict his statement.

"We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others," Cornyn said in an interview Thursday with NBC 5.

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, more than 1,700 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in people ages 0-19 statewide. More than 500 of those patients are under the age of 10. The state has published age information on just over 10% of total cases.

NBC 5 sent those statistics to the senator’s staff and asked for clarification on his comments, but they did not respond to our question.

Read more and view video: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/cornyn-on-covid-19-we-still-dont-know-whether-children-can-get-it-and-transmit-it/2403772/

[murielm99]

1. Oh, for pete's sake.

Illinois is doing well with their coronavirus response, but we have lost an infant and a twelve-year-old to the virus. There will be more to come if schools open.

I would bet that other states have more confirmed cases of children dying of this than the two I have just mentioned.

[Skittles]

2. getting children to social distance

I am betting that is right up there with herding cats

[Botany]

3. 5-year-old daughter of Detroit first responders dies from coronavirus complications

John Cornyn (Dumbfuck-TX)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/year-daughter-detroit-responders-dies-coronavirus-complications/story?id=70256558

A 5-year-old Detroit girl who complained to her parents about a bad headache and was then admitted to the hospital died less than a month later from coronavirus complications.

Skylar Herbert had big dreams of becoming a pediatric dentist one day, and she loved stuffed animals and playing dress-up in her princess dresses.

She was the daughter of two veteran first responders: her mom LaVondria, who has been a police officer for 25 years, and her dad Ebbie, who has been a firefighter for 18.

Skylar died Sunday at Beaumont Hospital, in the company of her family and the team of doctors who had been treating her. She is Michigan's youngest victim to succumb to the coronavirus, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services.

[Cha]

4. Speak for yourself you Gaslighting murderous asshole.

[NCjack]

10. Yeah! And he's still carrying water for Trump.

[abqtommy]

5. That's a funny thing to say, John. How do you explain the confirmed deaths of children

ages 0 to 19? You idiot...

[MyOwnPeace]

6. And people like this.........

are making decisions about our kids going back to school! Words can't describe the stupid...........

[The Magistrate]

7. It Takes Work To Be This Stupid, Sir

Long, hard, pitch in to it every day with all you've got work. It just does not come naturally, not even to a Republican Senator....

[ResistantAmerican17]

8. Children haven't attended drumph's Nuremberg rallies, been to bars,

protested in the streets, or been coughed on by Karens in Costco. We don’t know how effectively they transmit or well they respond after they are infected with the virus. Only drumph the psychopath wants to find out.

[Squinch]

9. And no one is talking about that Kawasaki-like disease that is KILLING children who

all test positive for Covid antibodies, though they never showed symptoms.

[Grokenstein]

11. I'm pretty confident that the safety of American children

isn't a huge concern for Donald J. Trump.

[johnnyfins]

12. Three words...

GFY

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Three better words to Cornyn: GTY

Go Trump Yourself

[BBG]

18. Personally I prefer the F to the T

Fuck is so much more polite than Trump.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Not for much longer, the more it gets used. :) Oh, wait

I misread. Yes, "fuck" is more polite than the t-word.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Excerpt not clear. Is Cornyn saying DO or DONT open because "we still don't know"?

[Scarsdale]

15. It would be interesting to know

if Cornyn has grandchildren who will be attending school? I wonder if Ivanka's kids are ready to return? Don Jr's kids? How about Duke - er - Earl - er - Prince - oh Barron? Will they be risking their lives to return to school? Cornyn needs to be reminded that schools employ many, many ADULTS too. What jackasses the gop have in their ranks.

[Lonestarblue]

16. Thanks for posting.

I just sent the link to MJ Hegar and suggested she do a Lincoln Project type ad on Cornyn (I’m assuming she will win the runoff). Her ads have not been particularly hard hitting, and she’ll need a lot better to defeat Cornyn.

[llashram]

17. what!!!

this response is so stupid.

[Ligyron]

19. It's going to be a blood bath in areas where they open the schools back up.

Without any visible blood of course or at least in most cases since the leaks clot internally it would appear.

It will most likely deliver the coup de gras to Trump's chances of coming anywhere close to a win in Nov.