DeSantis for the win

[Tsing Tao]

I'd like to thank GWB for giving me this idea. A stroll down yesteryear of all the hyperbole and ridiculous statements posted on this very thread about how last summer was going to end all life in Florida as we knew it, and how - at the end of the day - it was all wrong, overblown, overhyped and hysteria. Just like I said back then.

Why is this important? Because this time is different, right?

Posted by Covertibility on June 25/26:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276236693188812800

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276524197947281409

From GWB on June 26:

Florida adds another 8,942 new COVID-19 cases, breaking single-day record again
Friday's report of nearly 9,000 new cases caps weeks of record-high jumps with 8,942 being the highest ever.
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/h...une26/67-8de17be9-e4ef-4ef4-9dbe-fb7f434fe538


Oh noes!

Hey, Florida maybe you should rethink this DeSantis thing , he might not know what he is doing. You probably would have been better off electing someone found drunk in a hotel room with a male prostitute and a bag of meth.

This chart looks a little stale now that a whole bunch of other states also had jumps, some much larger, only a few months later. Why? DeSantis of course!

El Ocho told me this when I mentioned 28 states had a higher death rate per 1M pop than Florida last summer:

Even Fauci said death rates lag cases by up to 2 - 3 weeks. I do not think DeSantis or anyone else should be celebrating anything just yet. With the way Corona works it is way to early to take a victory lap.

Today FL has a better rate than 25 states. So in his defense, it did get a tad worse

GWB on june 27:

In Trump's must-win Florida, Covid-19 takes the lead
https://www.politico.com/states/flo...t-win-florida-covid-19-takes-the-lead-1295317

Florida reported nearly 9,000 new coronavirus cases Friday, shattering its previous daily record

I love the article shrieking words like "shattering" in there. Of course months later, some states shattered Florida's numbers, but whocouldanode??

My county has 1,000,000 people....very well populated for not being a city:

10,906 cases 383 confirmed deaths

We fucking crushed it.

My State has 1600 confirmed deaths...my state fucking crushed it (sad for those who did die).

BUT.....FL, AZ and TX where things were...shall we say more lazy, are now starting some spiking and it is making our state nervous and roll back some of the freedoms we fought hard to gain by quarantining...

Can we get an update to the above?

More coming...

 

[Tsing Tao]

Yeah it is horrible DeSantis repeated the same mistakes and learned nothing.

Actually, he's the only one to learn from his mistakes.

 

[Tsing Tao]

As for out of work, a short period lockdown follwoed by CDC guidelines would not have led to putting so many people out of work. First of all many were put on unemployument simply to claim benefits as employers did not want to carry salaries for 2 months....


...Most countries in the world put in place a lockdown of sorts for 2 months at most. we are going to be entering our 4th month of a convulated disorganized mess where Karens and Kevins throw tantrums at stores about wearing masks claiming their rights (fucktarded argument) and people back in April were saying fuck Corona they are not going to change their VACATION plans.

Some great older posts. Memory lane on media hysteria:

 

[Tsing Tao]

Hahahaa....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1278709420298506240

Liberals are dancing in streets !

Not sure why FL hospitalizations aren't trending like TX. I know it's unsustainable here, it does make me think the FL numbers are suspect.

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Florida's new coronavirus cases break record, nearly tying New York's peak
Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases Saturday, it highest daily tally yet, nearly tying New York's high of 11,571 in April.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...-cases-break-record-nearly-tying-new-n1232910

LOL...until New York hit winter and blew FL's 11k out of the water.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Florida Deaths Hit Record as Covid-19 Sweeps the Sun Belt
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...deaths-among-residents-increase-by-record-120

Sweeps the sunbelt! Please note this article was from 7/9/2020 but the hysteria could be repeated today. Is, actually repeated today.

Let's see what the residents of Florida think...

Gov. DeSantis’ approval rating drops as governors nationwide see boost
https://www.wfla.com/community/heal...ting-drops-as-governors-nationwide-see-boost/

LOL, not anymore!

GOP Governors Who Reopened Quickly Met With Low Approval Ratings, New Poll Finds
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbr...approval-ratings-new-poll-finds/#5a57f0425380

Not anymore!

Approval ratings: How every governor is handling COVID-19
https://thestacker.com/stories/4227/approval-ratings-how-every-governor-handling-covid-19

Not...anymore!

Will Florida’s COVID Gamble Drag Down DeSantis and the GOP?
One of the most infamously lockdown-skeptical governors in America is dealing with a spiraling pandemic and political problem
https://www.thedailybeast.com/will-floridas-coronavirus-gamble-drag-down-ron-desantis-and-the-gop

GOP won FL. So nope.

 

[Tsing Tao]

This thread is PURE GOLD. From Covertibility:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1286361794999660552

Trump won by..what was it? 3?

Followed by GWB right away:

Biden expands lead to +13 over Trump in Florida, where Gov. DeSantis is now underwater thanks to a 31 point swing since April.

July 23, 2020 - 79% In Florida Say Require Face Masks In Public, Coronavirus Handling Weighs On DeSantis, Trump Numbers, Quinnipiac University Florida Poll Finds; Biden Opens Up A Double-Digit Lead In 2020 Race
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3668

 

[Tsing Tao]

Pure gold, I tell ya:

Just another day in DeSantis' Florida... Elderly people in nursing homes in Florida have started dropping like flies.... soon the death rate from nursing homes in Florida will exceed New York's.

https://www.miamiherald.com/site-se...olicy-in-sunshine-state/article244401797.html

Which, of course, never happened.

 

[Tsing Tao]

GOP can thank DeSantis for this...

Why Florida Could Go Blue In 2020
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-florida-could-go-blue-in-2020/

 

[Tsing Tao]

"DeSantis for the win" Got to put all the bodies somewhere...

Florida neighborhood upset after funeral home brings in refrigerated truck to store COVID-19 corpses
https://www.wfla.com/community/heal...refrigerated-truck-to-store-covid-19-corpses/

(More at above url)

Remember this oldie? How many times was the "Corpse Truck" article put out there? Though we only heard about it in Florida and Texas. Never anywhere else.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Then Ricter came in

DeSantis gets credit for curtailing nursing home visits. Yes, he won that battle. But he has lost the war. Overall, too little too late, particularly since he had other states' experience to learn from.

NH visits were a battle. The war is FL vs. the novel coronavirus.

Yeah, and then later, the real war went up north!