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Miami Herald op-ed suggests Florida omicron outbreak occurred because Gov. DeSantis acted 'selfishly'

A Christmas Eve Miami Herald op-ed torched Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, suggesting the omicron variant outbreak of COVID-19 occurred due to his own selfish actions.

"Last lesson of 2021, Florida: Omicron happens when we act selfishly, like Gov. DeSantis," the piece from Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago read.

Santiago suggested that surging infection rates are all due to Floridians "giddily taking risks." Now, the state is seeing a resurgence of hours-long COVID-19 testing lines and an increase in deaths, according to a Miami Herald analysis.

Santiago specifically pointed fingers at the state’s leader, faulting DeSantis for failing to guide Florida with "sensible policies" or appropriate verbal direction for people who "most need to hear an endorsement of science over quackery from him – the politically reticent to the vaccine."

According to Santiago, the governor is "busy peddling treatment over prevention" and continues to spread lies about Dr. Anthony Fauci, who she tags as the nation’s top authority on infectious diseases. But DeSantis’s beef with Fauci, she argued, is all a political distraction from his own agenda.........

https://www.foxnews.com/media/miami-herald-omicron-ron-desantis-selfishness

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What outbreak?
The abnormal is not the normal just because it is prevalent.
Roger Kimball, in a talk at Hillsdale College, 1/29/25

Offline Kamaji

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What bullsh*t.  There are "outbreaks" all over the place; whose fault is that?

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A lot of Floridians have caught the Omicron cold ..... they're recuperating by going to the beach and partying ...

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A lot of Floridians have caught the Omicron cold ..... they're recuperating by going to the beach and partying ...
Best thing for them probably is some sunshine and fresh air.
The abnormal is not the normal just because it is prevalent.
Roger Kimball, in a talk at Hillsdale College, 1/29/25

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Just so you know, the Miami Herald is the PR wing of the Val Deming's for GOV.  They have two other affiliated branches in Florida.... One in Tampa, called the Tampa Bay Times and the other in Orlando, called the Orlando Sentinel.
You don’t become cooler with age but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way to actually be cool.

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Best thing for them probably is some sunshine and fresh air.

A little Vitamin D, rest and relaxation and some sea breeze!