DeSantis is failing Florida on COVID precautions

[Zorro]

Listen to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ own description of his pandemic-driven priorities, and you’ll get this message: It’s money over lives.

He intends to keep Florida’s economy humming, even as hospital intensive-care units fill up with patients. More patients than ever before, in fact. Younger than those in previous waves. The number of deaths has also started to climb.

But we’ve stopped buying the governor’s rationale. It seems obvious that his own personal ambitions — magnified by the vocal but diminishing crowd of supporters who have made a political cause of minimizing COVID’s impacts and belittling scientists — are in control.

And that explains a lot.

Because we’ve wondered when DeSantis’ stubborn refusal to value these lives would erode. How long it would take for Floridians’ fear, anger and grief to break through his arrogance. Surely, he’d eventually realize that Florida’s economy will suffer lasting damage if COVID takes control as it threatens to do.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/08/09/usa-today-florida-network-desantis-covid-handling-spells-disaster-editorial-failing-lockdown-masks/5521177001/

[PortTack]

1. FL school districts are already defying him. Just as TX, AZ. More than likely they're looking at the

Injunction by a federal judge against the law in AR. He doesn’t have a leg to stand on. I hope this continues to blow up in his face

[Phoenix61]

2. As summer winds down snowbirds are busy making

plans for where to winter. If they think there is any question about medical care in Florida I don’t believe they will come.

[appalachiablue]

3. K/R Bravo to FL communities bucking the Gov.!