DeSantis for the win

gwb-trading said:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his representatives point to the lower age of infected Floridians as proof of the wisdom of getting the large majority of people 65 and older fully vaccinated first.
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Floridians age 65 and up to be prioritized for vaccine, governor says
https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-vaccine-65-and-up/35058129#

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an executive order that makes it clear people age 65 and older will be the first to be vaccinated in the state.

DeSantis said the state will begin administering vaccines to people age 65 and up as soon as Monday. The governor also asked people not run out to hospitals or pharmacies looking for the vaccine just yet. He said the state is working with health departments to coordinate the roll-out.

DeSantis said people age 65 and up will get the vaccine first, after front-line health care workers and long-term care facilities. The state has already started administering vaccines to people in long-term care facilities and to health care workers who deal with COVID-19 patients.

“We’re going where the risk is greatest,” the governor said of the decision to prioritize people in the age group.

DeSantis’s decision on Wednesday bucks a suggestion from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to place a priority on people 75 and older and essential workers like teachers and first responders as the next to get vaccinated.

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And lets see how that aligns with what I said:

Tsing Tao said:
He's always been about pushing the vaccine for people who need it (the vulnerable). This is why the elderly were vaccinated first (against the CDC's guidelines on 65 and older - and the comments of folks like GWB and the media who were grilling DeSantis for it). So he still maintains the same position: The vulnerable need to be vaccinated.

This is common sense.
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Huh....seems pretty much what I said.
 
Tsing Tao said:
Floridians age 65 and up to be prioritized for vaccine, governor says
https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-vaccine-65-and-up/35058129#

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an executive order that makes it clear people age 65 and older will be the first to be vaccinated in the state.

DeSantis said the state will begin administering vaccines to people age 65 and up as soon as Monday. The governor also asked people not run out to hospitals or pharmacies looking for the vaccine just yet. He said the state is working with health departments to coordinate the roll-out.

DeSantis said people age 65 and up will get the vaccine first, after front-line health care workers and long-term care facilities. The state has already started administering vaccines to people in long-term care facilities and to health care workers who deal with COVID-19 patients.

“We’re going where the risk is greatest,” the governor said of the decision to prioritize people in the age group.

DeSantis’s decision on Wednesday bucks a suggestion from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to place a priority on people 75 and older and essential workers like teachers and first responders as the next to get vaccinated.

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And lets see how that aligns with what I said:



Huh....seems pretty much what I said.
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To take a trip down memory lane -- prioritizing older people in Florida was actually one of the things I applauded at the time due the high elderly (65+) population in Florida.
 
gwb-trading said:
To take a trip down memory lane -- prioritizing older people in Florida was actually one of the things I applauded at the time due the high elderly (65+) population in Florida.
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You did actually say this in one post. But there were times you criticized DeSantis for not following the CDC guidance regarding vaccinations - and the only thing he was doing differently was the 65 vs. 75 age bracket - which was highlighted in that article above that you posted with snarky commentary.
 
Tsing Tao said:
You did actually say this in one post. But there were times you criticized DeSantis for not following the CDC guidance regarding vaccinations - and the only thing he was doing differently was the 65 vs. 75 age bracket - which was highlighted in that article above that you posted with snarky commentary.
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As shown below I supported this decision to vaccinate the over 65 first in Florida. However the DeSantis administration did a terrible implementation. Everyone remembers the long lines of elderly waiting overnight in Florida, the inability of the elderly to get appointments, the non-functioning technology plus his focus on vaccinating GOP donors first while ignoring all the minority neighborhoods in Florida.

https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/desantis-for-the-win.345108/page-265#post-5281067
 
Really Ron... for weeks Florida has had over 20% of the COVID cases in the U.S. and you finally reach this conclusion... why didn't you start reporting daily COVID data weeks ago? Even better why did you stop reporting daily COVID data in the first place.

DeSantis Finally Admits Florida May Have to Report Daily Local COVID Data
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-d...ida-may-have-to-report-daily-local-covid-data

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally admitted his state’s current COVID-19 reporting wasn’t serving the public well. At a Thursday press conference in Jacksonville, DeSantis said the state may move back to daily case reporting to offer a more reflective, county-level view of the state’s COVID-19 situation. “It is a huge state, and I think that these waves are not necessarily uniform,” he said, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “With these daily cases, those are reported publicly every day to the CDC so people have access to that. But in terms of breaking it down by county, that may not be a bad idea going forward. I know we used to look at that a lot.” Jacksonville has seen some of the state’s worst surges this summer due to the Delta variant, with some hospitals seeing the most patients since the start of the pandemic last year.

Florida stopped reporting daily case counts in June as cases dwindled, though it continues to report them to the CDC. The federal agency had to issue a correction this week after erroneously reporting case numbers over the weekend.

Read it at Tampa Bay Times
 
gwb-trading said:
Actually the hospital systems and federal government have been providing data. Much of it has been posted in ET -- go read it.

Tell us again why DeSantis is not having Florida provide daily COVID data in middle of their largest surge ever. Do you actually think this is responsible?
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Careful w/that talk. DeFascist is going to send brownshirts, weapons drawn to ask for your silence.

gwb-trading said:
As shown below I supported this decision to vaccinate the over 65 first in Florida. However the DeSantis administration did a terrible implementation. Everyone remembers the long lines of elderly waiting overnight in Florida, the inability of the elderly to get appointments, the non-functioning technology plus his focus on vaccinating GOP donors first while ignoring all the minority neighborhoods in Florida.

https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/desantis-for-the-win.345108/page-265#post-5281067
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it was a scumbag move, those vaccines were for frontline medical workers that had to go without so he could pass them out to his elderly base.
 
Cuddles said:
Careful w/that talk. DeFascist is going to send brownshirts, weapons drawn to ask for your silence.



it was a scumbag move, those vaccines were for frontline medical workers that had to go without so he could pass them out to his elderly base.
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Actually the frontline medical workers in Florida still went first.
 
gwb-trading said:
Actually the frontline medical workers in Florida still went first.
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lol you wut?

gwb-trading said:
"DeSantis for the win" -- Choosing 5 political allies as "old people" to get the vaccine before the COVID-19 hospital ward doctors and nurses in The Villages area as a political stunt.

https://www.villages-news.com/2020/...sh-villagers-should-be-ashamed-of-themselves/

During the stop, DeSantis promised that elderly residents across the Sunshine State would soon receive the vaccines and then stood by and watched as the Developer-friendly Villagers received valuable doses that should have gone to healthcare workers, first responders or those deemed as essential workers – like grocery store cashiers and teachers – who are most likely exposed to COVID-19 on a regular basis.

Yes, we’re aware that a very limited amount of UF Health employees received vaccines that day. But we also know that DeSantis – always the politician looking for his next move – shunned those who were more deserving and provided the Villagers with the vaccines for a photo op that’s bound to show up in future political ads.

For the record, the Villagers who received the vaccines were:
  • Steve Printz, who voters recently ousted from the Sumter County Commission after he made the motion last year to approve a 25 percent tax hike that was quite friendly to the Developer;
  • Diane Spencer, a director on the North Sumter County Utility Dependent District Board;
  • Peter Moeller, chairman of the Project Wide Advisory Committee and a Community Development District 6 supervisor;
  • Rich Cole, a Republican Party leader; and
  • Doug Tharp, who serves on the Village Center Community Development District Board of Supervisors and is a former president of The Villages Homeowners Association.
All of those Villagers – supposedly “volunteers” – have long-standing ties to the Developer. Frankly, we’re shocked that none of them had the class to insist that their vaccine be given instead to a more deserving healthcare worker, first responder or essential worker. After all, those people are put in danger every single day when they report to work, unlike the retired residents who easily can avoid crowds and dangerous situations simply by staying put in their Villages homes and following guidelines put forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(More about this depravity at the link above)
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