Florida emerges as world's new epicenter for COVID-19

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Florida emerges as world's new epicenter for COVID-19
By Nathaniel Weixel - 07/08/20 08:16 PM EDT



Florida has emerged as a global epicenter of the latest coronavirus surge, raising questions about the safety of major events that relocated to the state.

As coronavirus cases surged throughout much of the Northeast in April and May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) declared victory.

Florida was one of the last states to impose a stay-at-home order, and one of the first to reopen. DeSantis earned praise from President Trump for his response to the pandemic and attacked the media for fearmongering after the state reopened its beaches.


“When you look at some of the most draconian orders that have been issued in some of these states and compare Florida in terms of our hospitalizations ... I mean, you go from D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois — you name it — Florida has done better,” DeSantis said from the Oval Office in late April.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/506492-florida-emerges-as-worlds-new-epicenter-for-covid-19

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According to this, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ , FL is 14th among the states in per-million-population cases and 25th in per-million-population deaths. And as can be seen in the charts at the bottom of this page, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/ , FL's daily deaths rate has neither increased nor decreased since mid April.

The Hill, being The Hill, ignores the out-of-control chaos in much of Central and South America and Africa, and in at least some of southern Asia. Putting it more bluntly, The Hill is lying for political purposes, unsurprisingly.