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Missouri governor clarifies comments on school kids, virus

by Associated Press
| July 23, 2020 12:03 AM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is clarifying comments he made in a radio interview in which he said children returning to school will come down with the coronavirus but will “get over it,” remarks that drew criticism from several Democrats as well as the head of a state teachers union.

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