DeSantis is putting his political future before public health.
So here's where Florida is on hospitalizations relative to other states. The arrow leads up from the point where a state with Florida's density of vaccinations might be expected to be based on the current data from other states. https://t.co/GOeifJkzOx pic.twitter.com/jtNt1dGKas
— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 9, 2021
Defunding schools and school administrators for refusing to endanger children is third-world dictator level dangerous. This should alarm everyone in the country, not just Florida. https://t.co/YlqkbA8SHL
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) August 9, 2021
13,977 Floridians are in the hospital RIGHT NOW being treated for COVID-19.
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) August 9, 2021
This is the most ever. Again.
Get vaccinated. Mask indoors. RT.
Data: 251 hospitals to @HHSGov
There were 28,317 COVID cases and 120 deaths reported in Florida today.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 9, 2021
Governor DeSantis responded by threatening to withhold the salary of local school officials that require students to wear masks.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's office said the state board of education could move to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard the governor's executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts. https://t.co/PF2TvYLfvp
— CNN (@CNN) August 9, 2021
Florida COVID-19 Update:
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) August 9, 2021
Florida added 56,633 cases of COVID-19 last weekend. That puts our 7 day moving average at 22,484 cases.
🚨 This is an emergency. 🚨
Source: @CDCgov pic.twitter.com/rDPwESRn8C
Florida's governor is jeopardizing the health of our children to score partisan political points. But local school districts are fighting back. And they have our support. Watch today's COVID-19 briefing. pic.twitter.com/keyhIPpAvo
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) August 9, 2021
What worst than worst?
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 9, 2021
Worster. Florida. pic.twitter.com/uREK1fWXHx
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 9, 2021
Sad! 