Miller-Meeks (Idiot-Iowa) spreads falsehoods about Covid-19

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Fact Checker: Do children transmit COVID-19?

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks says no.

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks said July 14 on “The Evening Edit,” a show on Fox Business, that “we have known for over a year that children don’t transmit the virus.” She went on to say kids should be able to attend summer camps, play sports and go back to school without masks.

Miller-Meeks, a Republican representing Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, made a similar statement July 12 on Twitter: “Elementary age students rarely die or are seriously ill and don’t transmit virus to adults or other children.”

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Conclusion

Miller-Meeks, an ophthalmologist, has been a vocal advocate for Iowans to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

But her claims about children not transmitting the virus are inaccurate. Kids can and do pass the virus, although at much lower rates than adults. If Miller-Meeks had qualified her statement even a little, saying children usually don’t transmit the virus, she’d be correct. But she didn’t. And she uses the claim as a reason for saying children don’t need to wear masks in school — a conclusion that contradicts new CDC recommendations.

Her statement that “elementary age students rarely die or are seriously ill” is true, which saves her overall grade from an F. Instead, we give her a D.

https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/fact-checker-do-children-transmit-covid-19

[rurallib]

1. Thanks so much for this!

[JPPaverage]

2. What is the deal with eye doctors?

Her and Randy Paul. Both eye specialists, both spreaders of disinformation about covid. Both repukes of course.
To be honest though, I think I'd trust my eye care to miller-meeks before I'd trust Paul.