RedFromMI wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 9:53 am
Peter Brown wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 9:48 am
Reading this Tamp Bay Times article, you can taste how disappointed the writer (Democrat, natch) is that even more Floridians haven't died from the virus. He is practically begging for a disaster, but mostly, he's ticked that DeSantis gets to skate.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/20 ... e-told-to/
The credit doesn't go to the governor ('governor' credit is only reserved for Andrew Cuomo, who has done 'epic' work in New York!); you see, Floridians are now smart, not the dumb stereotype that the national press prefers when we are not dealing with a pandemic!
A Tampa Bay Times data analysis and interviews with 15 experts help answer the question: Why not Florida? Everyone stayed home before they were told to
You can't make up this media dishonesty in your wildest dreams; movie studios would reject your script for being too exaggerated!
Amazing that you call this media dishonesty when they actually have data to back up what they are saying (do you actually read these in depth?). Heck - I was in Florida mid-March, and can confirm the beginnings of a shutdown that was occuring - not because DeSantis was ordering it - but because at least some people (a lot in fact) actually knew there was a big problem coming.
But that does not jibe with your preferred narrative...
Yup, PB is all "narrative", no critical reading comprehension.
and yes, Florida was shutting down at the local level, both governmental and various businesses, as well as individual behavior way, way before DeSantis was willing to even admit it was problem. My mom's club community was virtually shut down weeks before. All sorts of rules in place early on drastically reducing risk of transmission.
BTW, PB, Cuomo screwed up early on, too.
Not as long, not as badly as Trump, but he screwed up not taking it adequately seriously fast enough.
He's admitted that's the case.
They were hit very early, extremely hard, and have been battling from behind ever since.
The primary credit he gets is not because they've worked so hard to fight the disease, but rather because they quickly decided that telling it straight would help in their fight. Persuading people to help was job #1 as it was the only real way to reduce the rapid spread...and they've banged that drum daily, with facts and empathy. A stark contrast with Trump.
There's actually much to critique about DeSantis, but if you compare his administration's work and his decisions relative to some other southern states, he looks much better. None of them are following the science. But Florida's health dept is much more professional than many of its neighbors, so much of what they've done, and what many of the cities, towns and counties have done, has been helpful.