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This was a totally avoidable tragedy. More than that even, it is a tragedy that DeSantis chose.
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greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)It's one thing to have fucked this up in March and April, but in June and July? After what we knew from NY/NJ?
DeSantis is unfit for office, period. This is a horror and a tragedy.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)They have been hiding hundreds of deaths as pneumonia.
Nevilledog
(51,122 posts)ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)Why are elderly people and people with underlying conditions still being exposed to the virus in South Florida? It doesn't make any sense at this point. We know about the virus; its on tv everyday. They know how to stay safe. Everywhere I go here in North Florida, almost all elderly people I see have been wearing masks since April or May. So how are these people still getting it? Not the 16-25 age set; I get them. People 65 and up. It makes little sense. Is it still being spread in hospitals/nursing homes/ALF's? All these folks can't be getting it from younger folks who went to bars. This is the kind of thing that fuels "conspiracy theories", because the rate simply shouldn't be this high this far into the game and elderly folks shouldn't still be getting exposed at such a high rate.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Think about it. The workers in those places go home, many of those workers dont wear face masks when in public. If a person is infected, even with them wearing a mask in a Nursing Home, there will be low level leakage from the edges of the mask, then add in 8 hours of that in recirculated air.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)Is where it all started. That's 100% the case here in North Florida and, from what I heard, is what happened in Broward/Dade/Palm Beach. It shouldn't still be spreading in those.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)There are few young people dying. No idea where you got that from.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... middle of Jun,
Were are you getting the older dying at a large rate in FL?
thx in advance
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)Are not the ones dying.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Its ridiculous how difficult it is to get a COVID-19 test in Florida. I have a friend who works in a busy ER and says shed have to wait in line with everyone else to get tested.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)for free, as part of her job.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)Is doing a terrible job. That taunt of his to New York should be playing every day down there.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Between Trump and DeSantis and what criteria they impose,
I tend to think the numbers are somewhat higher.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)If the rest of the country was seeing the same COVID 19 death rate we would be experiencing some 2,600 COVID 19 fatalities a day.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Clearly the virus should be gone by the end of the month.