DeSantis for the win

How do arbitrary levels demonstrate anything?

Your are so constantly full of shit since day 1.
You and your ilk have destroyed people when we should have been focusing protecting those who are in the high risk group better.

Bottom Line: DeSantis refuses to follow the proven science -- and rejects science-based guidelines from our nation's top government health organization.
 
Trumpy trump trump and trump some more. trump trump!

What "trumpism" is insofar as you and the media obsess over, is actually populism. And Populism is always a danger to the old world order (you) and group think.

DeSantis has turned his state into a deadly petri dish for Covid, ignored science, and tried to use the criminal justice system to silence a critic. Corruption scandals constantly dog him. So of course now he's the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner.
 
That is marketing bullshit... "proven"
Proven by what you lying sack of shit.

There is precious little proven about any responses to Covid anywhere... except for total border closing and lockdown.. (which your side was against when it mattered.

Almost everywhere there were lockdowns experienced a second wave... and many times we saw he areas locked down the hardest... far exceeded their infections and death totals on the second wave.



Bottom Line: DeSantis refuses to follow the proven science -- and rejects science-based guidelines from our nation's top government health organization.
 
The CDC guidelines demonstrate that not a single school can be safely opened in Florida due to high community spread. As found out in Europe schools should not be open when the community positive test rate using a science-based formula is above 10%. Of course, this is DeSantis' response to science.

DeSantis Blasts CDC School Reopening Guidelines, as FIU Brings Staff Back to Campus
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...s-as-fiu-brings-staff-back-to-campus/2383644/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for reopening K-12 schools last week. In Florida, public schools have been open since October, with parents given the option of sending their kids to school or keeping them home for remote learning during this pandemic.

“What the CDC put out, 5:00 on a Friday afternoon -- I wonder why they would do it then -- was quite frankly a disgrace. It would require, if you actually follow that, closing 90% of schools in the United States. We are open, we remain open, and we are not turning back,” said Gov. Ron DeSantis, without explaining or detailing which part of the guidelines were objectionable.

The superintendents of Miami-Dade and Broward County Public Schools have each announced their support for the CDC guidelines, which are only recommendations.

In a phone call this afternoon, Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the guidelines are there to make it easier for schools to open, not to shut down schools that are already open. He and Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie have said their district schools are already following almost all of the CDC guidelines.

In a text message exchange Monday afternoon, Runcie said the only recommendation which causes some concern is the six-foot social distancing standard for children. He and Carvalho each agreed that keeping kids that far apart is nearly impossible, which is why their districts use the American Academy of Pediatrics standard of three feet of distance as long as everyone is wearing a mask.

Meanwhile, FIU is coming back to life. Students told us when they walk around campus these days they see more activity and more classes offered in person now compared to the fall semester. The university administration is asking its employees who have been working at home to return to their on-campus offices and classrooms.

“We are committed to evidence-based guidelines, we are committed to the safety and welfare of everyone that steps into this campus and we know that we can pivot very rapidly if any of the numbers start increasing, but right now, we feel we have the necessary tools available to make this campus safe,” said Dr. Eneida Roldan, the CEO of FIU’s Health Care Network.

“We gotta liberate us from the grip of this disease, we gotta take back our space, we have to go on the offensive, safely,” said FIU president Dr. Mark Rosenberg in a webinar to staff last week.

“Considering that we have a vaccine now, I think it would be a good idea,” said student Cameron Clark.

FIU students seem to be in favor of any measures that would make college feel like college again.

“We’re losing a lot of students and the college experience,” said student Shelsia Rameau.

“It’s not the same,” said student Christopher Lugo. “You know, working from home you don’t get that same atmosphere, the same feeling.”

DeSantis said when it comes to the national debate on reopening K-12 schools, the answer is simple.

“The school reopening plan that makes the most sense, if you want to open schools, open ‘em, open the doors,” said the governor Monday in Tallahassee.

Who gives a shit what the CDC says about school reopening? Many of us have kids in school here in Florida without a single problem. Parents everywhere I talk to are thrilled compared to the stupidity of most of the country, particularly the north.
 
This is not a knock on Florida:

Florida has one of the lowest median incomes in America. A great many working Floridians are in economic hardship due to no fault of their own. However, Florida voters addressed this and got a $15 an hour minimum wage on the ballot and it passed (I’m sure you know this but for others’ benefit) The passage of this will help a lot of Floridians who aren’t seeing the “boom” realize some economic stability. I’m interested in this because Florida can lead a lot of “red” states into raising their minimum wage when they see it’s not the end of the world.

You are correct. And I voted for it, incidentally. It gradually increases up to 2024.
 
DeSantis has turned his state into a deadly petri dish for Covid, ignored science, and tried to use the criminal justice system to silence a critic. Corruption scandals constantly dog him. So of course now he's the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner.

All I hear is a lot of tin foil hat bullshit. You might have something, anything, if the numbers were bad here. No one cares except you and some butt-hurt liberals.

"Deadly Petri Dish", yet numbers are outstanding. Uh huh.
 
DeSantis has turned his state into a deadly petri dish for Covid, ignored science, and tried to use the criminal justice system to silence a critic. Corruption scandals constantly dog him. So of course now he's the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner.
Con sycophants who've moved on from their orange false idol to the next:

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So where is the data showing the mortality rate of this super duper deadly strain?

Not only 30% more infectious, but 70% deadlier.

But DeSantis will do nothing to stop it in Florida which has over 1/3 of the cases of this variant in the U.S.


New U.K. COVID Strain Is Up to 70 Percent Deadlier, Study Finds

Researchers say this new variant may be leading to more deaths than previous strains.
https://bestlifeonline.com/covid-strain-deadlier-news/

It seemed we were hearing mostly good news about COVID in 2021, with the rollout of two effective vaccines and the trajectory of new cases headed downward for the first time in months. But then, new variants of the virus emerged and soon, the optimistic tone from doctors and public health officials started to shift. These new strains from the U.K., South Africa, and Brazil created serious concern, with experts initially unsure how transmissible they were, how deadly they were, and how they would respond to the newly created coronavirus vaccines and existing treatments. Unfortunately, new research just confirmed that those concerns were warranted: A study from the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) has found that one COVID strain may be up to 70 percent deadlier than previous coronavirus variants. Read on to find out which variant could lead to more pandemic deaths and for more news about the virus, see why Dr. Fauci Says These Are the COVID Symptoms That Don't Go Away.

A new study has found that the U.K. strain could be 70 percent deadlier than previous strains.


A new study just confirmed that the COVID strain that originated in the U.K., called B.1.1.7, could be far deadlier for those infected by it, The Washington Post reports. According to NERVTAG researchers, this variant is 30 to 70 percent deadlier than previous virus strains. The study's authors concluded that there is significant evidence that B.1.1.7 is "associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and death compared to infection" from other strains of the coronavirus. And for more coronavirus concerns, read up on how The U.K.'s Top Scientist Has a Chilling COVID Warning for Americans.

It's also confirmed to be more transmissible.

While it was just recently confirmed that the U.K. variant is deadlier—a fear Prime Minister Boris Johnson shared a month ago—experts have long suspected that the U.K. strain is more contagious than others, as well. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimate that the variant is 43 to 82 percent more transmissible than previous variants.

A Jan. 15 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the strain is spreading so quickly that it is projected to become the dominant variant in the U.S. by March. And for more from the leading U.S. health agency, beware that If You're Layering These Masks, the CDC Says to Stop Immediately.

The U.K. strain has already spread across the majority of states.


The CDC has reported three new variants in the U.S., with B.1.1.7 being the most prevalent. As of Feb. 14, the variant has already resulted in 1,173 COVID cases in 40 states across the country. The only states that have not reported cases of the U.K. variant are Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia. According to the CDC, Florida has the most cases of the U.K. strain with 379. And for more up-to-date COVID news delivered right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.

There are four main symptoms associated with this particular strain.

If you're worried you may have come down with COVID due to the U.K. variant, you should pay extra attention to your symptoms. A January study from the U.K. government's Office for National Statistics (ONS) analyzed 6,000 COVID patients, discovering that the 3,500 patients who tested positive for B.1.1.7 were more likely to experience four particular symptoms when compared to those infected by other variants: cough, fatigue, muscles aches, and sore throat. And for more COVID red flags to be aware of, know that If You're Over 65, You Could Be Missing This COVID Symptom, Study Says.

Additional:
Virus variant first detected in the U.K. has been deadlier, study confirms
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...detected-uk-has-been-deadlier-study-confirms/
 
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"DeSantis for the win" -- "Blind allegiance to an insurrectionist" edition

‘Blind allegiance to an insurrectionist’: Nikki Fried calls out DeSantis in message to Floridians
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/b...-calls-out-desantis-in-message-to-floridians/

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried slammed Governor Ron DeSantis’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a video message to Floridians Tuesday morning.

Fried, who is Florida’s 12th Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, delivered a message she said ‘you won’t hear from DeSantis.’

“This pandemic has been painful. While he lashes out at everyone else like he’s the victim, we all know who the real victims are: every Floridan who’s lost a loved one, lost a job, lost a way of life,” she says in the video.

Fried’s next quote was the most scathing toward the governor.

“This has been so much harder than it had to be, and we know why: Blind allegiance to an insurrectionist.”

Fried is referencing DeSantis’ devotion to former President Donald Trump, who faced a second impeachment trial last week after being accused of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6.

Fried said “Florida can and will do better” as the “Biden administration puts science first and we turn the corner on this pandemic.”

 
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