Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Florida’s Governor Deserves an Apology From the National Press

Florida’s Governor Deserves an Apology From the National Press
Excerpt: On March 15, 2020, as the national and local media blasted DeSantis for his refusal to close beaches, Florida’s Governor was issuing an important order two months sooner than St. Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York who can do no wrong in the eyes of the media. On March 15, DeSantis ordered all seniors in elder care facilities who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 to be moved to facilities other than their nursing homes. New York’s Governor was still sending infected patients to nursing homes last week. The results speak for themselves. While Florida’s nursing homes have not been spared, Florida’s data shows that only 1,789 of 146,482 long term care facility residents have been infected. That is a dramatic departure from other states, particularly from New York where bodies continue to be discovered in nursing homes. In heavily tourist Orlando, the outbreak did not spread out of control as media fear-induced reporting prognosticated.

No comments:

Post a Comment