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babylonsister

(172,759 posts) Sun Dec 27, 2020, 09:42 AM Dec 2020

Trump Claims Florida Is 'Doing Well' With No Lockdown, Ignores 17,000+ New COVID Cases

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-florida-is-doing-well-with-no-lockdown-ignores-17000-new-covid-cases?ref=home

Trump Claims Florida Is ‘Doing Well’ With No Lockdown, Ignores 17,000+ New COVID Cases
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Ana Lucia Murillo, Breaking News/Cheat Sheet Intern
Published Dec. 26, 2020 9:03PM ET

President Trump declared late Saturday that Florida is “doing well” with no lockdown, apparently choosing to ignore the 17,042 new COVID-19 cases and 140 new deaths that health authorities announced Saturday. “The lockdowns in Democrat run states are absolutely ruining the lives of so many people - Far more than the damage that would be caused by the China Virus,” Trump falsely tweeted. “Cases in California have risen despite the lockdown, yet Florida & others are open & doing well. Common sense please!” Florida has been reporting upwards of 10,000 new cases a day for the past two weeks. Across the country more than 330,000 lives have been lost to the virus and studies by the CDC have indicated the effectiveness of lockdowns as part of a strategy to save lives.

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Trump Claims Florida Is 'Doing Well' With No Lockdown, Ignores 17,000+ New COVID Cases (Original Post) babylonsister Dec 2020 OP

I'd say the lack of lockdowns in Republican run states are ENDING the lives of so many people. Towlie Dec 2020 #1

Florida is not doing badly like other states! It is doing excetionally "well" in not reporting accur soothsayer Dec 2020 #2

a Governor who made it a habit to hide, distort and deceive about the actual rates and deaths beachbumbob Dec 2020 #3

By Contrast, Illinois Had Under 3,300 Yesterday ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #4

Towlie

(5,577 posts)

1. I'd say the lack of lockdowns in Republican run states are ENDING the lives of so many people.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 10:40 AM

Dec 2020

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They don't call Florida's governor "Ron DeathSentence" for nothing.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

2. Florida is not doing badly like other states! It is doing excetionally "well" in not reporting accur

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 10:42 AM

Dec 2020

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Donald J. Drumpf
@RealDonalDrumpf
Florida is not doing badly like other states! It is doing excetionally "well" in not reporting accurate numbers for Covid cases and deaths. If anyone tries to tell the truth, Governor DeSantis sends the Gestapo to their family home. Smart!
5:58 PM · Dec 26, 2020

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

3. a Governor who made it a habit to hide, distort and deceive about the actual rates and deaths

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 10:43 AM

Dec 2020

and people in Florida still don't KNOW what actually is going on.

ProfessorGAC

(76,706 posts)

4. By Contrast, Illinois Had Under 3,300 Yesterday

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 10:50 AM

Dec 2020

Florida is 1.7 times more populous. They had 17k, not 5,500.
And, most of our state is in Tier 3 mitigation.
17k is very bad! Again, the idiot is clueless.

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