Presumably, you are upset by this statement?
"I think the sunbelt is likely going to experience their own revival as well,and I wonder how much returning spring breakers have led to the problems in the upper midwest. I watch enough National news to know that a lot of folks in places like FL and Texas (not named DeSantis and Abbott) are alarmed by what they are seeing..."
First off your links show trends thru March, and I was referring to references being made to the situation in FL over the past few days...I think the actual medical professionals in FL are alarmed by the rise in factors like variants they've seen from Mid-March- this week and last...
From the April 19 edition of the Tallahassee Democrat
"New coronavirus cases increased 5.3% in Florida in the latest week ending Sunday as the state added 44,668 cases. The previous week had 42,407 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Florida ranked 10th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, the United States added 472,154 reported cases of coronavirus, a decrease of 3.4% from the week before. Across the country, 21 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Many states did not report cases on Easter. Delayed reporting from the holiday will make some state-to-state comparisons inaccurate, and also some in-state week-to-week comparisons inaccurate."
Florida ranked 10th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis shows.
www.tallahassee.com
Fox 13 (Tampa Bay) Tues April 20...
"The Florida Department of Health says the number of known cases of
COVID-19 in the state rose by 5,645 Tuesday. According to the state's daily update, the total number of cases in Florida since the pandemic began is now 2,178,783.
The number of Florida resident deaths has reached 34,533, an increase of 62 since Monday's update. In addition, a total of 676 non-Floridians have died in the state."
The Florida Department of Health says the number of known cases of COVID-19 in the state rose by 5,645 Tuesday. According to the state's daily update, the total number of cases in Florida since the pandemic began is now 2,178,783.
www.fox13news.com
NBC Miami Today April 21...
"Florida's confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by over 5,500 Wednesday, as the state's virus-related death toll increased by more than 80.
The 5,571 new confirmed COVID-19 cases brought Florida's total to 2,184,354 since the outbreak began, according to figures released by the state's department of health."
Florida’s confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by over 5,500 Wednesday, as the state’s virus-related death toll increased by more than 80. The 5,571 new confirmed COVID-19 cases brought Florida’s total to 2,184,354 since the outbreak began, according to figures released by the state’s department...
www.nbcmiami.com
That's over 11,000 new cases in the past 2 days...Here's a video from a public health official in FL saying they are seeing more variants in FL than any other state...
Florida recorded more new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday than the state has in weeks as health officials hope to see vaccinations prevent another surge of the virus.
www.news4jax.com
Strange how the Orlando Sentinel had to sue DeSantis and the State Board of Health to get the ACTUAL info on the rise of Covid cases involving variants in FL following Spring Break... From April 16...
"One month after the peak of Florida’s spring break, the number of residents infected with more infectious mutated strains of COVID-19 has exploded, rising six-fold since mid-March and leaving 122 people hospitalized.
The information, disclosed in response to a lawsuit by the Orlando Sentinel against the Florida Department of Health, shows the total as of Thursday reached 5,177 cases involving five “variants of concern” — a designation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for mutations that make the virus more transmissible, deadly or resistant to treatment and current vaccines."
One month after the peak of Florida’s spring break, the number of residents infected with more infectious mutated strains of COVID-19 has exploded, rising six-fold since mid-March and leaving 122 people hospitalized. The information, disclosed in response to a lawsuit by the Orlando Sentinel...
www.orlandosentinel.com
“This is kind of what a lot of public health folks have been afraid of, and why we’re trying to emphasize the need for continued caution as we move forward,” said Zinzi Bailey, a social epidemiologist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. “My biggest fear is that, if we become more lax with our masking and our social distancing, we will actually start creating our own variant” — including, potentially, one that could evade current vaccines.
"In Florida, where COVID infection rates had been falling steadily between early January and mid-March, they are now rising again. While it’s impossible to pinpoint how much of the recent surge can be traced to spring break activities, when largely unmasked crowds flocked to beaches and tourism hotspots, experts say there’s a likely connection."...
"State health data also shows younger people in Orange County now make up greater percentages of infections from the highly contagious variants, and on Thursday the top public health official in Orange County warned that more younger residents are now being hospitalized than older ones — in part because over 75% of Orange County’s senior population has been vaccinated against COVID-19."
Here's an article from the Palm Beach Post describing the variants and their threat to People of Color...
The state logged more than 6,000 new cases on Saturday, the third week in a row it has crossed that threshold.
www.palmbeachpost.com
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Now since you decided to attack my post, maybe you can point out what I said SPECIFICALLY that isn't supported by the evidence I presented here? I pointed out that in observing the mainstream media I noticed a lot of people (not named Desantis) who were alarmed by the rise in Covid cases in FL. Also, many of the experts that I've seen put forth the concept that the variants (like the original outbreak) was cyclical in a REGIONAL pattern.
The thing is,I didn't make anything up. You accused me of being a "partisan fool", but I wasn't referring to politicians who were saying that.I was referring to various Public Health officials in FL, who I saw interviewed on mainstream media. I've presented my evidence here,and you apparently want to claim that all of these experts are "politically motivated"...
But before you make such a lame-ass claim, you have to explain to us how all of these public health officials speaking out are doing it out of "political motivation" rather than concern for the public welfare. I know you and your buddy who pretend to be "non-partisan" would like to claim that all these officials disagreeing with DeSantis are "Democrats".
But I'm curious as to how all these "Democrats" were appointed during the past 11 yrs when the GOP has owned the Fla Statehouse? Presumably, some of the people who take issue with DeSantis over health policy (people like Rebekah Jones) were actually HIRED by DeSantis, or other GOP predecessors, so only a moron (like DeSantis) would suggest he had hired a "trojan horse" health advisor. So why did she break with him over policy vs politics?
Here's a clue about DeSantis. I know a few of you on this board think he's going to be the GOP nominee in '24, assuming he manages to win re-election in '22. You could be right, you people managed to nominate and vote in Trump, and DeSantis ran his whole Governor's race from the Primary thru to the General on "out Trumping Trump". But I don't think the rest of us will ever elect another clown who models his politics on Trump and his health policies on Scott Atlas... All endorsements from groups like CPAC do is turn the majority of us off, and further label him a Trumper...
