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(CNN) -- Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson doesn't understand what the big deal is about sending children back to school in the fall.
"These kids have got to get back to school," Parson told a conservative talk radio host. "They're at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get Covid-19, which they will -- and they will when they go to school -- they're not going to the hospitals. They're not going to have to sit in doctor's offices. They're going to go home and they're going to get over it."
Well that seems simple! Except that it overlooks several important things we know about the coronavirus.
Let's start here: Parson is right that young people (18 and younger) tend to not have severe symptoms if they happen to get the coronavirus. Many are asymptomatic.