And he's apparently the Republican choice for president in 2024 if Trump gets hit by a garbage truck.
DeSantis for the win
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Yep... we already clearly understand that DeSantis does not support proper public health practices whatsoever.
As evidence, ever since vaccines were generally available Florida was at the top of per-capita Covid deaths with no mitigation, use of masks, or proper public health practices. Also as the Florida State Auditor report showed recently, the DeSantis administration undercounted Covid deaths in 2020 by over 3000. A number when added back in easily places Florida in the top five states for Covid per-capita deaths.
So predictable. I now click favorites on responses when I see stuff on Twitter I know you're going to run here to whine about.
Totally outstanding. The fact that DeSantis does this stuff is winning enough, but when it triggers clowns like you? Its an added bonus.
Let's quantify how much DeSantis' Covid policies are costing Florida. Let's see what @Tsing Tao's hometown paper has to say...
How much are the unvaccinated costing Florida? Here’s a COVID receipt | Editorial
Plus, how is Florida stacking up to California in COVID deaths?
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/20...ting-florida-heres-a-covid-receipt-editorial/
What is the cost of COVID, the price paid for failing to get vaccinated? The Pasco County school district can put a number on it: more than $11 million. That’s the deficit in its self-insured health policy, and 97 percent of the COVID-related claims last year came from staffers who said they weren’t vaccinated. That’s just the price tag. It doesn’t account for the pain of catching COVID or dealing with long-haul symptoms — or dying. Imagine how much lower all those costs would have been if state leaders had pushed for vaccinations and masks instead of against them?
Gov. Ron DeSantis claims it’s time to “close the curtain on COVID theater.” Actually, it’s time to pull the curtain shut on the pandemic, and the best way to safely get back to normal is to be vaccinated and to wear a mask when appropriate — not all the time, just in crowded spaces or around immunocompromised people. It’s really that simple.
Instead, the governor and his surgeon general are recommending that parents don’t get their healthy children vaccinated against COVID. The message is part of their generally blasé/tepid/nonchalant/chilly attitude toward the COVID vaccine and follow-up boosters. The governor has also taken to scolding people for wearing masks — calling it ridiculous. He and his surgeon general are wrong. Masks work — particularly N95s. Vaccines work. Ask your pediatrician, not a politician, for medical advice for your child.
The vaccination protects children as well as the vulnerable adults those kids encounter — the grandparent at home or the teacher in the classroom. The vaccine doesn’t make them immune, but it reduces the chances of catching COVID and lessens the severity if they do. Only 60 percent of Florida kids between 12 and 19 have had even one shot. Only 22 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds have gotten the jab. Compare that to fully 95 percent of Floridians 65 and older.
While COVID cases among kids are often mild, that’s not always true. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention points out that COVID ranks as one of the top 10 causes of death for children ages 5 through 11 years. The numbers don’t lie, and that’s why both the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend the vaccines for all kids who are eligible, as does Johns Hopkins Medicine. Sure, they have an agenda, and it’s the health of our children.
The $11 million in medical claims in Pasco would be enough to cover the salaries of 250 new teachers for a year. And that’s just the extra medical costs in one county’s school system, almost all of it due to unvaccinated people who caught COVID. Multiply that by other districts and businesses and the numbers get big really fast. And yet, the governor and his surgeon general pushed their no-vaccines-for-healthy-kids agenda on the same day that officials announced that the pandemic has killed at least 6 million people globally, according to data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In the days to come, COVID will have claimed 1 million American lives.
Yes, things are getting better. Omicron is ebbing. But ebbing isn’t the same as “over.” Florida has lately been averaging 172 deaths a day. The daily average since the pandemic began is less than 100. That doesn’t sound like the threat is over.
COVID has killed more than 71,000 in the Sunshine State, with a population of 22 million. California with its 39.5 million people recorded 86,429 COVID deaths. Accounting for the difference in population, 153 Floridians have died from COVID for every 100 Californian deaths since the pandemic began. The numbers are even worse since May, when vaccines became widely available. During that time, 256 Floridians have died for every 100 Californians, again accounting for population. That’s 2.5 times as many deaths.
Florida has an older population than California, and older people are more susceptible to COVID, but that’s all the more reason for our state leaders to champion masks and vaccines, instead of treating them like an afterthought — or worse, railing against them. Plus, with fatality numbers like these the governor should be wary of repeatedly using California as the bogeyman to tout his “free state” of Florida.
Let’s hope the worst is behind us, but the way to keep it there isn’t to pretend that it’s over. Rather, it’s to be cautious while living close to a normal life. The governor bullying school kids who wear masks at his news conference doesn’t help. Neither does recommending against child vaccinations and claiming that it’s science.
Continuing to encourage vaccines and masks when appropriate is not COVID theater. It is the responsible way back to the future.
How much are the unvaccinated costing Florida? Here’s a COVID receipt | Editorial
Plus, how is Florida stacking up to California in COVID deaths?
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/20...ting-florida-heres-a-covid-receipt-editorial/
What is the cost of COVID, the price paid for failing to get vaccinated? The Pasco County school district can put a number on it: more than $11 million. That’s the deficit in its self-insured health policy, and 97 percent of the COVID-related claims last year came from staffers who said they weren’t vaccinated. That’s just the price tag. It doesn’t account for the pain of catching COVID or dealing with long-haul symptoms — or dying. Imagine how much lower all those costs would have been if state leaders had pushed for vaccinations and masks instead of against them?
Gov. Ron DeSantis claims it’s time to “close the curtain on COVID theater.” Actually, it’s time to pull the curtain shut on the pandemic, and the best way to safely get back to normal is to be vaccinated and to wear a mask when appropriate — not all the time, just in crowded spaces or around immunocompromised people. It’s really that simple.
Instead, the governor and his surgeon general are recommending that parents don’t get their healthy children vaccinated against COVID. The message is part of their generally blasé/tepid/nonchalant/chilly attitude toward the COVID vaccine and follow-up boosters. The governor has also taken to scolding people for wearing masks — calling it ridiculous. He and his surgeon general are wrong. Masks work — particularly N95s. Vaccines work. Ask your pediatrician, not a politician, for medical advice for your child.
The vaccination protects children as well as the vulnerable adults those kids encounter — the grandparent at home or the teacher in the classroom. The vaccine doesn’t make them immune, but it reduces the chances of catching COVID and lessens the severity if they do. Only 60 percent of Florida kids between 12 and 19 have had even one shot. Only 22 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds have gotten the jab. Compare that to fully 95 percent of Floridians 65 and older.
While COVID cases among kids are often mild, that’s not always true. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention points out that COVID ranks as one of the top 10 causes of death for children ages 5 through 11 years. The numbers don’t lie, and that’s why both the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend the vaccines for all kids who are eligible, as does Johns Hopkins Medicine. Sure, they have an agenda, and it’s the health of our children.
The $11 million in medical claims in Pasco would be enough to cover the salaries of 250 new teachers for a year. And that’s just the extra medical costs in one county’s school system, almost all of it due to unvaccinated people who caught COVID. Multiply that by other districts and businesses and the numbers get big really fast. And yet, the governor and his surgeon general pushed their no-vaccines-for-healthy-kids agenda on the same day that officials announced that the pandemic has killed at least 6 million people globally, according to data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In the days to come, COVID will have claimed 1 million American lives.
Yes, things are getting better. Omicron is ebbing. But ebbing isn’t the same as “over.” Florida has lately been averaging 172 deaths a day. The daily average since the pandemic began is less than 100. That doesn’t sound like the threat is over.
COVID has killed more than 71,000 in the Sunshine State, with a population of 22 million. California with its 39.5 million people recorded 86,429 COVID deaths. Accounting for the difference in population, 153 Floridians have died from COVID for every 100 Californian deaths since the pandemic began. The numbers are even worse since May, when vaccines became widely available. During that time, 256 Floridians have died for every 100 Californians, again accounting for population. That’s 2.5 times as many deaths.
Florida has an older population than California, and older people are more susceptible to COVID, but that’s all the more reason for our state leaders to champion masks and vaccines, instead of treating them like an afterthought — or worse, railing against them. Plus, with fatality numbers like these the governor should be wary of repeatedly using California as the bogeyman to tout his “free state” of Florida.
Let’s hope the worst is behind us, but the way to keep it there isn’t to pretend that it’s over. Rather, it’s to be cautious while living close to a normal life. The governor bullying school kids who wear masks at his news conference doesn’t help. Neither does recommending against child vaccinations and claiming that it’s science.
Continuing to encourage vaccines and masks when appropriate is not COVID theater. It is the responsible way back to the future.
'Dumber than a sack of Matt Gaetzes': Florida columnist destroys Ron DeSantis over gas tax scheme
A veteran journalist laid into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for abusing his power -- and costing taxpayers money -- to aid his re-election campaign.
The Florida Republican, who's widely believed to be eying a 2024 presidential run, has picked fights with COVID-19 experts, Disney World, the Special Olympics and many others in his political rise, but Tampa Bay Times guest columnist Daniel Ruth said DeSantis had reached a new low by pausing a 25-cent reduction in gas taxes.
"It seems a factotum on the governor’s crack staff suggested it might be a swell idea to delay the 25-cent tax break until October, which by amazing coincidence is the month before the November election," Ruth wrote. "Whew! No political mischief at work. Nothing to see here. Of course, the governor could have said, 'Not on my watch! I’m not going to use the fine people of Florida as mere political pawns to advance my electoral prospects.''"
"Instead, he went along with the scam, which only proves we all have a price; it’s only a matter of negotiation," Ruth added. "And Ron DeSantis can be had at 25 cents. Such a deal."
"DeSantis is assuming the people of Florida are stupid, that they are dumber than a sack of Matt Gaetzes," Ruth wrote. "It’s not entirely a bad bet. Cynical, yes, but in DeSantis world, the people can’t be hurt by what they don’t know."
A veteran journalist laid into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for abusing his power -- and costing taxpayers money -- to aid his re-election campaign.
The Florida Republican, who's widely believed to be eying a 2024 presidential run, has picked fights with COVID-19 experts, Disney World, the Special Olympics and many others in his political rise, but Tampa Bay Times guest columnist Daniel Ruth said DeSantis had reached a new low by pausing a 25-cent reduction in gas taxes.
"It seems a factotum on the governor’s crack staff suggested it might be a swell idea to delay the 25-cent tax break until October, which by amazing coincidence is the month before the November election," Ruth wrote. "Whew! No political mischief at work. Nothing to see here. Of course, the governor could have said, 'Not on my watch! I’m not going to use the fine people of Florida as mere political pawns to advance my electoral prospects.''"
"Instead, he went along with the scam, which only proves we all have a price; it’s only a matter of negotiation," Ruth added. "And Ron DeSantis can be had at 25 cents. Such a deal."
"DeSantis is assuming the people of Florida are stupid, that they are dumber than a sack of Matt Gaetzes," Ruth wrote. "It’s not entirely a bad bet. Cynical, yes, but in DeSantis world, the people can’t be hurt by what they don’t know."
Actually DeSantis is delaying Florida residents from getting a gas tax break for many months. He is totally screwing them over -- all for the sake of positioning himself in the fall election. What he is doing is actually completely outrageous and a real F-you to the residents of Florida.