DeSantis for the win

"DeSantis for the win" -- caught lying once again edition. What will it take to have Gov. Ron tell the truth... even just once.

Also not to be missed... DeSantis using language favored by right-wing extremists.


White House vs. DeSantis: Governor reverses position in explaining 1.3 million unused vaccines
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/p...0210126-o6hkkumbmbftlfrhtxmffho5eu-story.html

Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Tuesday to a swipe from the White House over COVID vaccinations by rising to the defense of Florida’s seniors and defending their right to the required second shot.

But the White House wasn’t questioning the need for second doses, and DeSantis’ response either reflected a sudden change in Florida’s policies or falsely implied the state was keeping unused shots in reserve for use as booster shots.

At a news conference Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki answered a question about DeSantis’ attack on President Biden’s vaccine distribution plan by noting that Florida has administered only about half the shots received from the federal government.

“I will note, because we’re data first here, facts first here, they’ve only distributed about 50% of the vaccines that they have been given in Florida,” she said. “So clearly they have a good deal of the vaccine. That supply will need to continue to increase as they are able to effectively reach people across the state.”

Florida administered about 51% of the 3.1 million doses received so far from the federal government, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. But this is typical of other states, with some doing better than Florida, others doing worse.

At a news conference Tuesday in Vero Beach, the governor said the reason the state hadn’t administered half the doses received from the federal government was that they had to be held in reserve as second doses.


“We’re not going to divert second doses away from seniors,” he said. “Seniors want it, we’re going to do it. So the implication is you should be giving those doses away to other people. That’s not the way the FDA has prescribed it. So we are absolutely committed to that, and we’re going to continue doing it. ... If the White House is suggesting that we shouldn’t be doing that, I think that that’s not a good suggestion.”

But Florida does not hold back half the doses for the booster shots. At least that’s what the governor said at news conference last week in Key Largo.


“There is no major warehouse of vaccines sitting around,” he said. “The Department of Emergency Management keeps a small cache because what we don’t want to have happen is there be a situation where someone all of a sudden needs 200 doses for second doses or maybe they have people that are waiting in line and they just miscalculated. So we have a small amount just to be able to troubleshoot, but there’s not massive amounts. The feds hold back the second dose, but we don’t hold back the second dose. They send the second dose the week that it’s going to be due, and that’s when it’s done.”

Asked to explain the contradiction between the governor’s two statements on whether or not the state was holding second doses in reserve, his spokeswoman Meredith Beasley did not address the question.


Instead, she provided this statement: “Governor DeSantis is putting Seniors First and is working to ensure that all seniors who elect to receive the vaccine have access to the second dose to complete the series, which is necessary for maximum efficacy.”

Despite all the controversy, Florida’s percentage of unused doses is not unusual. California, for example, has administered 45% of its doses, Pennsylvania 49% and Texas 57%.

Other states have done much better than Florida, although these have typically been smaller states. New Mexico, for example, administered 78%, South Dakota 70% and West Virginia 76%.

The governor has also blamed a lag in reporting for the high number of unused doses, saying it can take three or four days for shots to be reflected in the state’s reports.

The dispute began after DeSantis last week criticized a plan by President Biden to use the Federal Emergency Management Agency to set up vaccination clinics around the United States.

“I saw some of this stuff Biden’s putting out, that he’s going to create these FEMA camps, I can tell you, that’s not necessary in Florida,” DeSantis said. “All we need is more vaccine. Just get us more vaccine.”

The phrase “FEMA camps” has been used for years by right-wing extremists who claimed the federal government planned to use FEMA to detain dissidents after declaring martial law.


The White House press secretary responded Monday with the observation about Florida’s unused doses, after a reported asked for a response to DeSantis’ statement.


Ah yes, because he used the phrase "FEMA camps", he is a right wing extremist.



FEMA would operate up to 100 federally run mass vaccination sites under Biden plan
 
People are too word sensitive nowadays. Don't think Desanity meant anything with use of term FemaCamps

On the other hand another R legislator in (I think) Indiana used the C word in a public hearing recently, C as in Colored. Who in 2021 would use that term other than speaking of its prior historical use?
 
People are too word sensitive nowadays. Don't think Desanity meant anything with use of term FemaCamps

On the other hand another R legislator in (I think) Indiana used the C word in a public hearing recently, C as in Colored. Who in 2021 would use that term other than speaking of its prior historical use?

Someone completely tone deaf to the times.
 
"DeSantis for the win" - Let's see how grabbing all the vaccine doses from public health departments and giving them out to private entities who gave DeSantis large campaign donations is going...

DeSantis slammed by 'disgusted' Palm Beach officials for taking vaccine distribution effort out of health providers' hands
https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-vaccine/

As the Publix supermarket chain takes over vaccine distribution in Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Health Director Dr. Alina Alonso is upset with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for taking the distribution effort out of the hands of health care providers, WPBF reports.

"The governor made a choice to pick Palm Beach County to explore the pilot that he had going on with Publix. He did it in three small counties," Alonso said while updating county commissioners.

"In addition to Publix, we want to be able to set up our mass distribution sites and continue to do mass vaccinations in addition to Publix," she said.

County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay wasn't so kind with her words.

"I am absolutely disgusted the governor of this state has 100% percent taken the ability to vaccinate our residents in Palm Beach County out of the hands of our public health officials and medical officials and given that authority to a corporate entity," McKinlay said.


DeSantis has been on the receiving end of criticism for a vaccine rollout that has left seniors waiting. The backlash has been especially large in Palm Beach County, which is home to roughly 400,000 senior citizens.

"We're the only county where all this vaccine is going to Publix until [the governor] chooses other counties to do this," Alonso said. "That's not in our hands — the health care district or the health department."

Also speaking out was County Commissioner Robert Weinroth.

"We can't overlook the fact we have a whole underserved population," Weinroth said. "This is not equity. This is not fair. And if I was out in the Glades or if I was sitting in Lake Worth or downtown Delray and I was not getting this vaccine, I would be offended."

McKinlay said that Publix distributing the vaccine will make the situation of underserved communities worse.

"There are pockets of this county where the Publix that are available do not have a pharmacy and yet he had decided that the best people to distribute the vaccine and to make it available to the residents of our county is a private corporation and not the health officials in this county," McKinlay said.
 
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"DeSantis for the win" - Let's see how grabbing all the vaccine doses from public health departments and giving them out to private entities who gave DeSantis large campaign donations is going...

DeSantis slammed by 'disgusted' Palm Beach officials for taking vaccine distribution effort out of health providers' hands
https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-vaccine/

As the Publix supermarket chain takes over vaccine distribution in Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Health Director Dr. Alina Alonso is upset with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for taking the distribution effort out of the hands of health care providers, WPBF reports.

"The governor made a choice to pick Palm Beach County to explore the pilot that he had going on with Publix. He did it in three small counties," Alonso said while updating county commissioners.

"In addition to Publix, we want to be able to set up our mass distribution sites and continue to do mass vaccinations in addition to Publix," she said.

County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay wasn't so kind with her words.

"I am absolutely disgusted the governor of this state has 100% percent taken the ability to vaccinate our residents in Palm Beach County out of the hands of our public health officials and medical officials and given that authority to a corporate entity," McKinlay said.


DeSantis has been on the receiving end of criticism for a vaccine rollout that has left seniors waiting. The backlash has been especially large in Palm Beach County, which is home to roughly 400,000 senior citizens.

"We're the only county where all this vaccine is going to Publix until [the governor] chooses other counties to do this," Alonso said. "That's not in our hands — the health care district or the health department."

Also speaking out was County Commissioner Robert Weinroth.

"We can't overlook the fact we have a whole underserved population," Weinroth said. "This is not equity. This is not fair. And if I was out in the Glades or if I was sitting in Lake Worth or downtown Delray and I was not getting this vaccine, I would be offended."

McKinlay said that Publix distributing the vaccine will make the situation of underserved communities worse.

"There are pockets of this county where the Publix that are available do not have a pharmacy and yet he had decided that the best people to distribute the vaccine and to make it available to the residents of our county is a private corporation and not the health officials in this county," McKinlay said.

Democrats disgusted at the republican governor. In other news, dog bites man!
 
Ouch...... Should start a thread Como for the loss.

NY undercounted nursing home coronavirus deaths by as much as 50%, state AG says

James' report said that government guidance may have put residents at increased risk


New York Attorney General Letitia James said that the state Department of Health underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50%, according to a report released Thursday.

The report holds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's feet to the fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the early months of 2020, after he directed nursing homes in the Empire State to accept patients who had or were suspected of having COVID-19. The decision created an onslaught of COVID-19 cases that infected thousands of elderly patients and resulted in hundreds of deaths among the state's most vulnerable population.

More at......

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-undercounted-nursing-home-deaths-by-as-much-as-50-state-ag-says
 
Ouch...... Should start a thread Como for the loss.

NY undercounted nursing home coronavirus deaths by as much as 50%, state AG says

James' report said that government guidance may have put residents at increased risk


New York Attorney General Letitia James said that the state Department of Health underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50%, according to a report released Thursday.

The report holds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's feet to the fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the early months of 2020, after he directed nursing homes in the Empire State to accept patients who had or were suspected of having COVID-19. The decision created an onslaught of COVID-19 cases that infected thousands of elderly patients and resulted in hundreds of deaths among the state's most vulnerable population.

More at......

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-undercounted-nursing-home-deaths-by-as-much-as-50-state-ag-says


Nah, this is all DeSantis' fault too. Remember, we were told by gwb that only Florida has a corrupt governor that hides data.
 
Nah, this is all DeSantis' fault too. Remember, we were told by gwb that only Florida has a corrupt governor that hides data.

Strangely enough you never seem to remember the many times I stated that Cuomo needs to come out and own this problem rather than trying to move the blame.
 
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