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Baitball Blogger

(46,698 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:10 AM Jul 2020

At the rate that Florida is filling up their hospitals with Covid patients, [View all]

the beds will reach capacity at the same time that the schools are due to open. Would our Republican governor be heinously criminal-minded enough to force that school opening in that event?

I can't answer that question with what I've seen from him, or from Kemp. They both should face human tribunals after this is over.

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At the rate that Florida is filling up their hospitals with Covid patients, [View all] Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 OP

DeSantis will try to hide this too? . . Iliyah Jul 2020 #1

If the hospitals get full, the local press won't play with De Santis. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #5

Herd immunity was their policy all along. They just aren't saying it. OrlandoDem2 Jul 2020 #8

"Just live with it" SoonerPride Jul 2020 #10

You're right. Pushing a policy without explaining their reasoning. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #11

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2020 #16

Here's the website started by the public health official fired by De Santis bunny planet Jul 2020 #2

Thank you. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #6

Make no mistake. They will keep pressuring for face to face instruction. OrlandoDem2 Jul 2020 #3

We are going to need our local news reporters, like never before. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #7

There is no compassion in politics - Goonch Jul 2020 #4

Heard a study found, of FL kids tested, 1/3 tested positive. Hortensis Jul 2020 #9

I saw that report. That one was valid. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #12

Figures that bad news like that would be. nt Hortensis Jul 2020 #13

K&R for the post and the discussion. crickets Jul 2020 #14

A parent should not be required to risk harm to their child. lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #15