Eventually the current wave in Florida will peak and decline. However the peak in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths would be much lower if the governor took some basic proper health measures in Florida including following CDC recommendations and using masks. The amount of misery in Florida could be greatly reduced and shorter in duration — if DeSantis takes proper action but he is not. It would also be best if the DeSantis administration reported daily Covid data to make the scope of the problems clear. Can you explain why Florida does not even report daily Covid data anymore in midst of their largest outbreak?
Health expert astonished as Ron DeSantis's Florida has its worst COVID day yet Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is still refusing to do anything to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus -- and on Friday, the Sunshine State reported its worst-ever day of the pandemic. Howard Forman, a professor of public health policy at the Yale School of Management, wrote on Twitter that Florida's COVID positivity testing rate hit an astonishing seven-day average of 18.9 percent on Friday, while its weekly vaccination total actually fell despite the fact that the virus has been exploding throughout the state for weeks. "NOTHING is trending better," Forman said. In total, Florida reported nearly 23,000 new cases on Friday, a record number that exceeded even the worst of the pandemic over the winter. Additionally, Florida broke its record for hospitalized patients for the fifth straight day, and an estimated one out of every 1,600 Florida residents is now hospitalized with the disease.
Washington Post = fake news. These are the same dopes that pushed the bat soup theory while knowing full well it came out of a Wuhan lab.
So what exactly in the article is incorrect? Point it out. We are expelling over 100,000 illegal immigrants immediately every month under Title 42 — as also proven by the CBP figures.
Judge puts DeSantis over his knee and spanks him soundly. U.S. judge says Florida can't ban cruise ship's 'vaccine passport' program https://www.reuters.com/world/us/no...s-it-ask-passengers-vaccine-proof-2021-08-09/ A U.S. judge has allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH.N) to demand that passengers show written proof of coronavirus vaccination before they board a ship, dealing a major blow to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's effort to ban "vaccine passports." In a preliminary ruling issued on Sunday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami said Norwegian would likely prevail on its argument that the "vaccine passport" ban, signed into law by DeSantis in May, jeopardizes public health and is an unconstitutional infringement on Norwegian's rights. The judge blocked DeSantis from enforcing the law against Norwegian, allowing the cruise ship operator to proceed with a plan to resume port activity in Miami on Aug. 15. Violations of the law could have triggered a penalty of $5,000 per passenger, potentially adding up to millions of dollars per cruise. Raymond Treadwill, a lawyer for DeSantis, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The ruling comes as big business and some government entities are responding to the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus with vaccination requirements, prompting legal challenges from vaccine skeptics and civil libertarians. "We are pleased that Judge Williams saw the facts, the law and the science as we did and granted the Company's motion for preliminary injunction allowing us to operate cruises from Florida with 100% vaccinated guests and crew," the company's executive vice president Daniel S. Farkas said in the statement. Norwegian has said Florida's law would prevent the company from ensuring at least 95% of passengers were vaccinated so it could comply with health regulations when it conducts its first post-pandemic voyage from Miami on Aug. 15. DeSantis has become a national figure for opposing pandemic restrictions, even as the Republican governor's state has become a hotbed of infections and hospitalizations have hit record levels. He has argued that Florida law prevents discrimination and protects privacy by preventing businesses, schools or governments from demanding proof of immunity in return for service. Norwegian has said the law was not about protecting passengers but scoring political points. Norwegian is ramping up its return to cruises, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shut down in March 2020 with its "No Sail" order. In order to sail, Norwegian has attested to the CDC it would confirm that at least 95% of passengers have been vaccinated. Norwegian said the law violates the company's First Amendment right to interact with customers and does not prevent discrimination because the company would have to segregate and mask passengers who declined to prove they were vaccinated. The state argued that Norwegian could have opted, as rival cruise operators did, to seek CDC approval through a process of running simulated voyages and applying other COVID-19 protocols such as masking indoors.
So much "winning" -- well if you are talking about the DeSantis variant cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Florida is a viral hotspot for COVID. Problem lies with Gov. DeSantis https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story...ves-florida-health-experts-pickle/5467103001/ What happened to the Florida Department of Health? At a time when our state is undergoing one of the worst resurgences of COVID-19, the stature of the agency responsible for addressing public health crises appears to shrink with each day. Blame it on the push to play politics with the pandemic. The fault isn't with the many department analysts, nurses, physicians and scientists who find themselves on healthcare's front lines. "The Florida Department of Health is concentrating on vaccinations," said Dr. Alina Alonso, the department's Palm Beach County health director. "This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. "I'm not being stopped." The problem lies with Gov. Ron DeSantis. As the growing numbers of infections, hospitalizations and deaths turn Florida into a viral hotspot, the state's key healthcare agency remains hampered by the governor who has taken his opposition of mask mandates and other common sense COVID-19 restrictions to the extreme. A fifth of the nation's new delta variant cases now occur in Florida, according to the federal Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. While DeSantis has encouraged vaccinations and promoted masks as a matter of "personal choice" instead of an essential tool to deter the virus's spread, that hasn't stopped him from cranking out executive order after executive order that hamstring the health department. “In Florida, there will be no lockdowns, there will be no school closures, there will be no restrictions and no mandates in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in response to the CDC's recommendation to wear masks in schools. Unfortunately, the virus isn't paying the governor any attention. On a single day -- last Tuesday -- Florida reported 16,935 new COVID-19 infections and 140 deaths. An estimated 12,408 beds in Florida's hospitals, about a 5% jump compared to the previous day, are now being used for patients afflicted with the virus, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services figures released last week. Give the governor credit for being consistent. Last year, he overturned efforts by local governments to impose fines on businesses and individuals for violating mask and social distance restrictions. As counties and municipalities found other ways to put teeth back into pandemic protections, the governor signed another executive order suspending all local COVID-19 mandates. When cruise operators supported "vaccine passports" to comply with CDC rules, win back customers and restore a key segment of Florida's tourism industry, DeSantis roiled the industry by successfully suing the CDC for seeking to exercise authority over cruise lines in Florida. Last month, the CDC changed its guidelines to make wearing masks in schools a requirement and several school districts in Florida, including Palm Beach County, considered mask mandates. DeSantis wasted little time responding. He signed another executive order, this one banning schools from requiring masks, and following that with threats to withhold money from any school district that didn't comply. The move prompted angst among school officials and many parents. This past week, school boards in Alachua, Broward and Leon counties said they would defy the governor and keep their mask mandates. “The fact that a state government hundreds of miles away believes it knows better than local officials is troubling,” Palm Beach County's school board Chairman, Frank Barbieri, told The Palm Beach Post. DeSantis' hardline stance leaves Florida's state health professionals in a pickle. The agency, with its a state health office, county health departments, regional offices and public health laboratories at roughly 255 sites, is comprised of healthcare employees trained to follow accepted medical practices to address public health challenges. Unfortunately, it's the governor and not health officials leading the charge. That became clear last year, after DeSantis's appointee to lead the department, Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, was escorted out of a coronavirus briefing when his remarks apparently strayed too far from the governor's message. President Joe Biden singled out DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week, urging them, if they can't help, to at least "get out of the way" of people who are doing the right thing in addressing COVID-19. As if on cue to have the last word and a new talking point for campaign fundraising, DeSantis crudely fired back, blaming Florida's mounting pandemic problems on the President and the nation's unresolved immigration crisis. Florida deserves a governor who marshalls all available resources to stem the virus, not a petulant pol playing to his base at the public's expense.
Cassidy splits with DeSantis on school mask mandates https://www.politico.com/states/flo...with-desantis-on-school-mask-mandates-1389726 Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday he disagrees with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' opposition to mask mandates in schools. “I do disagree with Gov. DeSantis. The local officials should have control here,” the Louisiana Republican said on CNN’s "State of the Union." Cassidy, a physician, added that “when it comes to local conditions, if my hospital is full, and my vaccination rate is low and infection rate is going crazy, we should allow local officials to make those decisions best for their community.” DeSantis has pushed to curb mask mandates in schools despite the rise of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant. His policies have created a feud with the White House, with President Joe Biden telling him and other governors resisting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to “get out of the way.” In Florida, Covid-19 cases are skyrocketing and about 95 percent of hospitalizations are people who are unvaccinated. Still, the Republican governor has vowed to continue to fight any cities or municipalities that issue restrictions like mask mandates or lockdowns. Asked by CNN host Dana Bash if DeSantis is playing politics with the pandemic, Cassidy said, “I don’t know if he’s trying to play politics. I try not to guess people’s motives.” “I will say,” Cassidy continued, “politicians should not kind of carte blanche accept what the public health doctor says, but they shouldn't just gratuitously ignore it either." "There has to be a balance there," he added. "And whenever politicians mess with public health, usually it doesn't work out well for public health. And ultimately, it doesn't work out for the politician because public health suffers and the American people want public health.”
DeSantis won't even issue an emergency order in Florida which would help get supplies to hospitals. I guess he wants his kill count to go up to please his base. Florida’s Oxygen Woes Cue Coming Wave of Covid Supply Shortages https://news.bloomberglaw.com/healt...oes-cue-coming-wave-of-covid-supply-shortages
Look at that the lying vaccine nazi implicitly admits and recognizes natural herd immunity but he is too dumb to know it.