CNN is facing intense backlash over the “absurd framing” of a story involving Florida teachers who died from coronavirus that left out crucial context.
The week before classes begin in the U.S., three educators in Florida have died within about 24 hours of each other from COVID-19 related complications, local education officials said.
Janice Wright, who was a Broward County Public Schools special education teacher and a Broward Teachers Union steward at Pinewood Elementary School in North Lauderdale, died of complications with COVID-19 just before she had planned to get the vaccine. She was 48.
The president said his administration “stands ready to support their school districts and communities to get back to safe, full-time, in-person learning.”
Florida’s health officials say the number of COVID-19 deaths jumped significantly from 600, reported in the previous week, to more than 1,000 reported this week.