Dr. Anthony Fauci: Florida reopened too fast, jumping 'over a couple of checkpoints'

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Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel











Jul 09, 2020 at 7:19 PM



Florida on Thursday crossed the 4,000-death threshold for the pandemic and logged the most deaths in a 24-hour period: 120. The state also drew the criticism of the nation’s top infectious disease expert.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called out Florida for bypassing guidelines and opening too soon. “Certainly Florida,” he said, in an interview with the FiveThirtyEight podcast on Thursday, “jumped over a couple of checkpoints.”


Fauci also told the Wall Street Journal that states experiencing spikes in cases and deaths like Florida should consider lockdowns again. “I think any state that is having a serious problem, that state should seriously look at shutting down,” he said.

The state’s one-day death toll high on Thursday is likely a sign of a rise in coronavirus deaths in the days to come, says Dr. Jay Wolfson, Professor of Public Health, Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of South Florida. “It’s going to get worse,” he said.
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This week also has been Florida’s deadliest so far. During the first five days of this week (Sunday through Thursday), the state reported 307 new deaths, which is a high for deaths reported during the same period throughout the pandemic...............................................................

Read more: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-florida-coronavirus-cases-deaths-thursday-july-9-20200709-6w6t7xksvjgz7msqzpwtyzfymu-story.html

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Luv the bed/coffin-- it's disturbing, sic, and fits so well with the times.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Expect it to continie.. the Gov is kissing tRumps ass so hard

his lips need to removed surgically.

[Chainfire]

3. Desantis has made it perfectly clear

that there is no set of circumstances that would cause him to shut down the state again. In fact they are pushing hard right now to make sure that the schools all open for in-classroom teaching; a sure formula for exponential expansion of the virus. He is going to remain politically true to Donald Trump no matter how many Floridians it kills. That is Republican leadership in action.

[Phoenix61]

4. School boards run the schools and are elected

officials. Killing your constituents children doesn’t get you votes. Miami-Dade has already said they won’t open. I think a lot of places are waiting until closer to the actual start date which is a month off in most places to say anything.

[Delarage]

5. Fake Governor

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