You are obsessed. I think you might be the first to discover a new psychosis called DeSantis Derangement Disease. D cubed.
Dude, I've been trying to argue these very points for the last three months or so with the guy. He's completely consumed with the bullshit narrative and any evidence showing anything to the contrary is immediately discounted. Picture perfect case of Confirmation Bias. He once told me (I can dig up the link if I need to) that me not wearing a mask was the same as putting a loaded gun to his family's head and pulling the trigger. That is the level of mania from which he is suffering.
Are you denying that DeSantis did the same exact thing? The lessons from New York were very clear and he ignored them.
Yes, i'm denying he did the exact same thing. I could point out the very obvious differences between the googlebot article you are posting as evidence and what occurred in New York, but it would be completely and totally pointless. You'd just twist everything to your own way of seeing things, ignore any plausible difference in the discussion because you want it to be so - just like every other time we've had these discussions. Face it, you've got DeSantis Derangment Syndrome. DDS. And you are determined to see everything he does as evil and malicious. So there's no point in discussing with someone so disingenuous.
How could a virus that ‘affects virtually nobody’ be the third leading cause of death in the United States?
Simple. Classify anyone who has the virus whenever they die as dying from the virus. Oh, and throw in a financial incentive to do so. That'll pretty much do it. See all deaths by all causes, from the CDC. If COVID, something novel to the world, is now the third leading cause of death, wouldn't the overall deaths be much, much higher? Of course they would. Source:https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
So now an article from the Palm Beach Post is a "googlebot article". I will note that other local news sources in Florida provided similar articles. It would be amusing to see you struggle through the mental contortions required explain how Florida putting COVID infected patients in nursing homes with existing non-COVID patients is not exactly the exact same thing as New York. Perhaps the political angle is different in Florida nearly all the involved nursing home owners are big Republican donors.... guess they enjoyed all the high fees they collected on the taxpayer's dime.
No, I'm just referring to your setup that scours the internet for any article at all from any source whatsoever that can potentially be used to re-enforce your raging DDS. If you don't use Google, then I can change that to whatever you do use if you want to clarify. As I said, you've already made up your mind and aren't open to any discussions on the subject. When a maniac is foaming at the mouth in the corner and shouting that the end of the world is coming, it is best (and safer for everyone, including the maniac) to not waste time trying to convince him.