Bogus Quote on Projected Deaths of Children Attributed to DeVos
by Angelo Fichera
Jul 15, 2020
3 minutes
Quick Take
Social media posts claim that Betsy DeVos said “only” 0.02% of children are “likely to die” of COVID-19 from schools reopening in the fall. There’s no evidence she ever said that.
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As a new school year approaches amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been publicly advocating for a full reopening of K-12 schools across the country, drawing critics who say the move stands to risk the health of children and teachers.
But across social media platforms, that criticism has taken the form of a fictitious quote attributed
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