DeSantis, 43, Governor of Florida. A mini-me trump. Since the pandemic was declared by WHO in March 2020, this guy has done almost nothing to mitigate the impact of Covid in the state he governs.
Florida closed for a sort of lockdown in early April 2020, after spring break brought in the big bucks in March. As you can see in the sort of blurred photo, Florida had 7,773 cases at the time.
Today, Aug 13, take a look at the figures for Florida from Worldometer for yesterday:
2,875, 150 cases total, with more than 40,000 deaths.I’m not sure why DeSantis thinks Florida is doing so great that no mask mandates are needed for public schools or anywhere else. He banned mask mandates in schools through an executive order and threatened to defund schools that went against that mandate. He has even threatened to withhold salaries from education superintendents who issue mask mandates for their school.
But counties and school systems are rebelling. So are businesses and cruise lines.
Norwegian cruise lines, which has 28 ships that sail from Florida, sued to be permitted to ask for vaccine passports or proof of negative Covid tests after DeSantis banned it. They won.
Disney World has reinstated mask mandates and issued same vaccine mandates. DeSantis can’t do much of anything to them since they are responsible for a huge chunk of tourism in this state. Target, Starbucks, Walmart, and Home Depot have reinstated mask mandates for their employees. But silly DeSantis comes up with a parent bills of rights that say parents should have the final decision about masks in schools.
What responsible parent would send their unvaccinated – or vaccinated – child off to school without a mask? DeSantis claims his kids don’t wear masks because he wants to see them smile. Well, that’s a cute sentiment, but what dead child can smile, Ron?
We’ve been vaccinated since March. I sleep better. But when I go to a public place, I’m still masked. When we go out to eat, we eat outside. When I go grocery shopping or run errands, I see a few maskless customers, but they’re in a definite minority.If I need a booster in the fall, no problem. I’ll get it.
I’m fed up the unvaccinated. You’re either go with the science or you go with the misinformation -ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine or – hey, how about bleach?!
Recently, a guy our daughter went to high school with posted a rant on twitter that held all the conspiracy BS – Bill Gates was involved in these terrible vaccines that contained a tracking chip, that Covid was no worse than a cold, it was all a Dr. Fauci conspiracy, that the Obama administriation had funded the Wuhan lab to develop this virus.
Sigh.
DeSantis is even selling shirts. For 12 bucks, fans can buy a “Don’t Fauci My Florida” drink koozie. For an extra $9, people can purchase the same design on a T-Shirt. Cool, huh?
How did a bozo like this get elected as governor? He stands up at a podium wherever he is and shakes his index finger at the crowd and waxes poetic (sort of) about personal freedoms. Well, sorry, Ron. Personal freedoms in a democracy don’t entail a freedom that threatens others.
Now, please, lose in 2022 and go back to whatever Fox News of News Max or Tucker Carlson corner you crawled out of.
PS Yesterday, August 12, the new cases numbers: 24,869.
oh my, a governor even worse than ours in Arizona! Last summer we were leading the world in number of Covid cases. I’m glad that we aren’t #1 any more. When did Americans become so stupid? I know that trumpism was proof positive that an awful lot of Americans have made a religion out of ignorance, but it must have started before then or trump never would have been elected. I am sorry it’s like that in Florida – I follow the same protocol. No indoor restaurants, masks, vaccine certificate in my purse, and waiting to hear about a booster.
I remember when things were really bad in Arizona.I’m glad the situation there has improved. There are a lot of lawsuits against the gov now. Hope he loses them all!