DeSantis is failing Florida on COVID precautions
Listen to Gov. Ron DeSantis own description of his pandemic-driven priorities, and youll get this message: Its money over lives.
He intends to keep Floridas economy humming, even as hospital intensive-care units fill up with patients. More patients than ever before, in fact. Younger than those in previous waves. The number of deaths has also started to climb.
But weve stopped buying the governors rationale. It seems obvious that his own personal ambitions magnified by the vocal but diminishing crowd of supporters who have made a political cause of minimizing COVIDs impacts and belittling scientists are in control.
And that explains a lot.
Because weve wondered when DeSantis stubborn refusal to value these lives would erode. How long it would take for Floridians fear, anger and grief to break through his arrogance. Surely, hed eventually realize that Floridas economy will suffer lasting damage if COVID takes control as it threatens to do.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/08/09/usa-today-florida-network-desantis-covid-handling-spells-disaster-editorial-failing-lockdown-masks/5521177001/
PortTack
(32,787 posts)Injunction by a federal judge against the law in AR. He doesnt have a leg to stand on. I hope this continues to blow up in his face
Phoenix61
(17,013 posts)plans for where to winter. If they think there is any question about medical care in Florida I dont believe they will come.