| I’m a nurse and all I know is that we have tons of Florida nurses who became travelers bc hospital conditions in FL during Covid waves were a hot mess (in terms of staffing and unsafe ratios). Not to mention they pay nurses horribly. |
DC lost a lot of healthcare workers also. They passed a booster mandate in DC for all healthcare workers and plenty of people say 'no thanks'. Lots of burnout in healthcare in general, all over the country. Staffing issue everywhere. |
Okay, but... One-quarter of the U.S. population resides in eight states—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, and Texas—but, by mid-August 2021, these states together had a half of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the nation. https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html |
You need to adjust for geography and season. The south tends to get hit in the summer and other states in the winter. |
Then explain this. (Florida not in bottom 5.) https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/ |
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Florida was #9 in 2021. If DeSantis is such a smart guy, how did that happen? I guess he gambled that it would be worth it. More people would appreciate his policies than would be dismayed by the unnecessary deaths.
He was probably right... https://www.lx.com/health/covid-19/which-states-saw-the-most-covid-deaths-in-2021-americas-least-vaccinated/46750/ |
+100 So sick of the lies about DeSantis. I guess people like the PP actually think no one will call them out. Pathetic. |
+1 The Democrats can’t come up with actual faults, so they have consistently been making up lies to attack DeSantis. Or posting their own ‘alternative facts’. Florida did no worse or no better than other states when you look at the data. DeSantis’ Covid policies were fine. |
Yeah being the 9th worst state in the second year of the pandemic is just fantastic. I get it - few Floridians care. Most Americans don't care. But at least acknowledge that the bolded is simplistic and inaccurate. |
There are some that recognize Florida's approach to dealing with Covid was the right one..... California, New York handled COVID-19 lockdowns the worst, Florida among the best, a new study shows
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-new-york-covid-lockdowns-worst-florida-best-study |
"The Committee to Unleash Prosperity"? Seriously? Give us a real study please. |
Any chance you read Birx’s book? |
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I live in Florida and if you held a gun to my head - please don't - I would choose DeSantis over Trump. DeSantis is evil and bad, but at least he's unlikely to be as reckless or chaotic.
He's not a stupid person and I don't think he's corrupt, he just wants very different things from our society than I do. I guess I think we can mostly live through that - if badly. I don't think he's likely to lead an armed insurrection if he loses. |
+1 At least pp used the word “some”. |