While Florida leads the nation in new Covid infections and hospitalizations, the governor is not concerned. He is only concerned with the death rate, not infections. People who get sick, hospitalized, intubated, suffer long-term debilitating effects from the infection are of no consequence. These sick patients are occupying hospital beds, overworking hospital personnel, and perhaps preventing others from getting proper treatment for some other ailment. DeSantis doesn’t care. He only cares for his poll numbers and making things easy for his Republican followers who may be of a similar mindset. Hospitals and doctors have gotten better at not allowing people to die from the virus so DeSantis considers that he can take a victory lap. As long as the death rate is down, all is well.
There are now (August 4, 2021) 11,863 Covid patients hospitalized in Florida, according to data the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released on Tuesday, a jump of more than a thousand patients from the old record of 10,389 reported on Monday.
Florida added an all-time daily record of 21,683 cases on Saturday, the most recent day cases were reported.
DeSantis is now trying to blame the Florida infection rate surge on immigrants crossing our southern border. It is Biden's problem, not his. Someone buy the man a map, Florida doesn't share a border with Mexico.
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