"DeSantis for the win" -- New Day, New Record Florida sets another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations https://www.local10.com/news/local/...another-record-for-covid-19-hospitalizations/ Someone explain to me again why Florida does not report daily COVID data.
All we get from DeSantis is this... As COVID hospitalizations soar, DeSantis touts new monoclonal antibody treatment site https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article253575374.html
He doesn't give a shit..... blame the people who put him in office. ‘Begging you’: Florida newspaper pleads with DeSantis to ‘save people from suffering’ instead of 'tweeting about pythons' One of Florida's largest newspapers ripped into Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday for "tweeting about pythons" as the Sunshine State runs out of ICU beds and medical staff amid a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Gov. DeSantis on Florida’s tourism boom: ‘When you reject lockdowns and unnecessary mandates, your economy will thrive’ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/f...mandates-your-economy-will-thrive-11629398047 One Industry Is Flourishing During The Coronavirus Pandemic: The Casket Business https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/...ng-from-coronavirus-pandemic-casket-business/
That's a fine economy your got there, Ron, wouldn't want Delta to screw it up, eh... Retail and dining in Florida dips as concerns over COVID-19 surge grows https://www.tampabay.com/news/busin...a-dips-as-concerns-over-covid-19-surge-grows/
Sorry I've been away - work has been crazy. Not all of us can claim we work for a software company and post all day, every day. So lets see where we are, shall we? Cases peaked last week, a few days later than I thought they would - but essentially on schedule. I had said here that Florida would peak on the 6th or 7th, and it looks like the actual peak will be around the 12th. How did I do this? Crystal ball? Nah. Real science, because it is the pattern the virus follows no matter whether you approach it bravely or with weeping and gnashing of teeth like the cultists. This is, of course, because we're finally dipping below 1.0: So expect the panic to subside, but the attacks to get more and more desperate (just reading the last few pages of GWB posts shows this). So how about deaths? That's most important. Yep, looks like the peak passed here as well. Remember all those posts about how we'd be up around 400-600 deaths per week? Me too. Thank God they were all horseshit from the usual purveyors of said excrement. Bonus Chart: Highly mandated and controlled LA County vs. South Dakota (that did next to nothing and caught all sorts of flak for it). Curve is nearly identical. Why? Because Virus. But that doesn't allow you to throw rotten tomatoes at DeSantis and rally the sheep, so we can't talk about Science. We can only talk about sC1EnCe!!
FAU poll finds majority back DeSantis on allowing parents to opt-out of mask mandates for kids by Brian Burgess | Aug 19, 2021 Parents of Florida schoolchildren largely back Governor Ron DeSantis‘s policy to allow them to opt their students out of mask mandates imposed by local school districts. A Florida Atlantic University poll has found that 51 percent support the governor’s policy, while just 40 percent oppose and 9 percent are unsure. The poll’s findings support the notion that most Floridians largely subscribe to the idea that private entities, be they parents or business owners, should have the freedom to make their own decisions about vaccinations and mask mandates. For example, a majority of respondents also support the right of business owners, including restaurants, to require employees to be vaccinated. The poll, conducted August 12-16, surveyed 500 people using cell phones and landline phones, and comes amid growing defiance of the governor’s executive order by school districts. Yesterday, Miami-Dade and Hillsborough County Schools both voted to require masks without an opt-out provision. Those votes came after the State Board of Education announced it would target any school districts that did not allow parents to opt their students out of a mask mandate. The majority support for DeSantis’s policy allowing parents to make the masking decisions rather than school officials comes in large part from the 66 percent of parents who agree with the CDC’s recommendation that school children should be masked. “Governor DeSantis trusts that parents know what’s best for their own children. It’s not the government’s place to dictate families’ decisions when it comes to their kids,” said Christina Pushaw, a DeSantis spokeswoman. “That’s why the legislature passed the parents’ bill of rights, and Governor DeSantis signed it. He will continue to defend parents’ rights in accordance with Florida law. This is common sense, so it’s not surprising that the majority of Floridians agree.” The poll also found that just under 80 percent of those surveyed have already been vaccinated, and 85 percent of those with school children between 6-11 years old would want their child vaccinated if the FDA approved a vaccine for children. The full results of the survey can be viewed here.
"DeSantis for the win" -- Ron gets spanked by yet another court. Judge won't dismiss suit on Florida school mask mandate ban https://www.startribune.com/judge-wont-dismiss-suit-on-florida-school-mask-mandate-ban/600089217/
Spanked? Did you even read this apart from the title? The lawsuit was filed Aug. 6 by parents opposed to the DeSantis order banning schools from imposing mask mandates unless parents can opt out of the requirements. Cooper decided the parents have a legal right to sue, overruling the state's position. "I do believe they have a right to challenge the governor," the judge said after a three-hour hearing. "I'm not deciding whether they are right or wrong. We'll have to see what the evidence shows."