DeSantis orders release of names of elder care homes with positive COVID-19 cases

[turbinetree]

Source: Miami Herald

BY MARY ELLEN KLAS AND LAWRENCE MOWER HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU

APRIL 18, 2020 05:53 PM, UPDATED 1 HOUR 55 MINUTES AGO

TALLAHASSEE
After weeks of refusing to release the names of elder care facilities that have had residents and staff test positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Saturday that he has ordered health officials to release the names.

“I told them to do it as soon as possible. It’s not something we want to wait around on,’’ the governor said at an afternoon press conference at the Old Capitol building.

The governor and the Florida Department of Health has been under increasing pressure from families of residents and advocates such as AARP to release the names of the more than 100 nursing homes and assisted living facilities that have indicated they have positive COVID-19 cases on their campuses.

But the measure was opposed by the industry, who said it would violate patient privacy, and for weeks state health officials went along with their claim.

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article242114926.html

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Maybe Desantis can tell the Coronavirus Don in the white house that he is going to commandeer Mar-a Lago for the extra bed space, and then he is going to ask the WWE to help fund the costs since they are essential services..............just a thought............

[dem4decades]

1. Support the Miami Herald if you can. They did this. If you can.

Of course.

[turbinetree]

2. And the other firms that filed the suit that put this "guy' in the barrel to come clean.........

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Look for patterns of ownership and check for correlations with illness and death. . . nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Why names? Check voting roles? nt

[JudyM]

5. All states should do this. Every one of these places should have a proactive crisis team in place.

And people should know so they can make choices to get their loved ones out, if they can.

[Roy Rolling]

6. "I told them to do it as soon as possible. It's not something we want to wait around on"

WTF does that mean after delaying so long?

[SergeStorms]

8. That's the new GOP-speak....

Trump does this all the time. Deny, deny, deny, then claim credit for finally doing something that they should have been done long ago. Apparently it works, because Trump's cult never seems to notice how often they're being lied to. DeSantis is to Trump what Mini-Me was to Dr. Evil.

[beachbumbob]

7. keepin info secret is always for one reason and one reason only, to save some's ass