Florida Sticks to No Statewide Restrictions Amid Pandemic
Source: MSN
MIAMI—As new coronavirus cases soar to record highs around the U.S., many states are reimposing restrictions on daily life. Not Florida.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is sticking to one of the most permissive approaches to the pandemic—allowing bars, restaurants, theaters and theme parks to operate at full capacity. He has vowed the state would never again implement lockdowns.
Local governments’ ability to enforce mask mandates and other restrictions is constrained under an executive order he issued in September. And he has spotlighted researchers who advocate pursuing herd immunity by allowing younger and less-vulnerable people to move about normally and expose themselves to infection.
Florida had 27 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in the past week, compared with 198.9 in North Dakota—currently the hardest-hit state—and 46.2 nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the numbers of new cases and hospitalizations in Florida have been steadily climbing for weeks, based on data compiled by the Covid Tracking Project. On Saturday, the daily case count reached nearly 10,000, the highest since late July.
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It is interesting that there have been a lot of attacks on California because of its large case numbers because it is the largest State in the United States with a population that is almost twice that of Florida. Yet, when you look at deaths per 1,000,000, California is not even in the top half of States. Of course, you have New Jersey and New York, which were hit hard toward the tail end of winter this year. But surprisingly, you also have Arizona and Florida, which were hit much later in the pandemic in summer.
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Location Deaths
New Jersey 1,878
New York 1,717
Massachusetts 1,562
Louisiana 1,340
Connecticut 1,323
Rhode Island 1,193
Mississippi 1,190
North Dakota 1,085
Washington, D.C.1,042
Arizona 972
Florida 918
Georgia 889
South Carolina 879
Illinois 868
Michigan 848
Delaware 811
South Dakota 781
Indiana 753
Maryland 738
Pennsylvania 736
Arkansas 735
Texas 723
Nevada 701
Alabama 676
Iowa 648
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