Florida Covid hospitalizations shatter record as DeSantis downplays threat
About 95 percent of those hospitalized are unvaccinated, and Mary Mayhew, the president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, said the Delta variant that is sweeping through Florida is infecting young and unvaccinated people and is much different than the previous strain.
“We have to convince 25-year-olds, 30-year-olds that this is now life threatening for them,” Mayhew said during an interview on Morning Joe. “That is not what they saw and what we experienced last year.”
As Florida’s coronavirus infections continue to soar, public health officials and local elected leaders have pressed the DeSantis administration to take more drastic steps to get the virus under control. DeSantis, however, has maintained a strict “no-mandate” approach to the virus, including touting an executive order last week that prohibits school districts from requiring masks in K-12 facilities. He also vowed to fight any cities or municipalities that try to institute Covid restrictions, including mask mandates or lockdowns.
With Doofus DeSantis as governor, it’s even more urgent that Floridians get vaccinated ASAP.
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As bad as DeSantis is, a Republican Party of Florida National Committeeman named Peter Feaman is actively spreading conspiracy stories to keep people in the state from getting vaccinated.
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Republicans want to make you sick.