Ron DeSantis greased the wheels of the Florida economy with 40,000 dead bodies.

[TomDaisy]

let's start reminding people of this when they tout Florida's "booming" economy

[dutch777]

1. The perfect pandemic scam...invite people to Disney and spring break & send them home with Covid

My only surprise is that some smart lawyers have not figured out a way to find folks infected from trips to these wide open states and suing the states for compromising public health.

[Johonny]

2. 40000 that we know about

Historians will likely find many more covid deaths in that state.

[TomDaisy]

4. it's probably double that

[genxlib]

3. 40,000 assumes that they were all Florida residents

Surely many vacationers were from out of state and took their disease back home to be counted in another state

And all of that assumes that we have an economy to brag about. Considering how dependent we are on tourists, the partially open nature of what we have is still not going to be great. Maybe by summertime but not up till now.