Florida Smirked at New York's Virus Crisis. Now It Has Its Own.

[Zorro]

With infections surging in Florida while they retreat in New York, the two states and their governors reflect the shifting course of the pandemic.

In late April, as new coronavirus cases in Florida were steadily decreasing, Gov. Ron DeSantis began crowing how his state had tamed the pandemic.

He credited his decision to impose a state-specific quarantine on New York, then the epicenter of the nation’s outbreak. The move earned him praise in the White House and the ire of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York.

Months later, Mr. Cuomo has clearly not forgotten.

“You played politics with this virus and you lost,” Mr. Cuomo said on Thursday when asked in an interview about Mr. DeSantis’s earlier boasts.

With infections now rapidly spreading in Florida while they retreat in New York, the two states have come to reflect the rapidly shifting course of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/nyregion/florida-coronavirus-ny.html

[HAB911]

1. Ron DeSantis really monkeyed this one up

[Zorro]

2. I see what you did there!

[Corgigal]

3. Did New York

state they don’t want to fund these red states yet?

Of course not, we’re a shared humanity.

[Phoenix61]

4. Florida, this am, effectively immediate

All bars are closed for on premises consumption until further notice. That didn’t take long. Maybe if everyone had WORN a MASK we wouldn’t be in this shitstorm.

[FloridaBlues]

5. Fl Governor in way over his head just like we knew he would be in this job

Now we pay the price but many Floridians ignore wearing a mask and distancing.

[Hortensis]

7. Yup. And we to be get insulted as a garnish to a real risk of death.

[Hortensis]

6. DeSantis smirked. Is not smearing whole states so difficult?

And no, no one puts a gun to our head and makes us copy this stuff.

DeSantis is an incompetent creep I wouldn't want on my property to mow my lawn.