Florida governor refuses to shut down beaches amid spread of coronavirus

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) refused to issue an order to close the state's beaches, despite fears regarding the spread of the coronavirus.

He instead signed an order that would limit parties on beaches to 10 people per group ...

DeSantis said it's "not uniform throughout the state that you're seeing massive crowds at beaches," despite reports of large gatherings on Tampa Bay-area beaches.

A video posted Monday by NBC affiliate WFLA showed people packed together on Clearwater Beach.

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman on Tuesday reiterated details from DeSantis' order on Twitter, but he did not mention plans to close the beach. "Uniformity helps. No congregating on beaches, too. All in interest of public health," Kriseman tweeted.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-governor-refuses-shut-down-beaches-amid-spread-coronavirus-n1162226

[msongs]

1. going to the beach today in hawaii as part of my 2 mile walk around the park. extremely low risk

to do this here. few people in the park, beaches deserted. to be fair the weather is anti-beach these days but that will change for the better soon

difference here vs florida is I will be alone on an empty beach

[FM123]

2. He really should do that for the whole state.

We have closed beaches down here in Fort Lauderdale as well as Miami - but they were Broward & Dade county decisions - the spring breakers are very unhappy about that, but health is more important than happiness....

[OriginalGeek]

3. If more of our beaches were nude beaches

there'd probably be a lot less participation.


But I'd go.

[Jersey Devil]

4. He wants his local hotels and bars to make their spring break bucks and to hell with health measures

That is what it amounts to