Originally Posted by monet View Post
Boz can educate us more on this subject.
Florida is going on as if the virus does not exist.
Some statistics suggest they are doing better than states with serious lock downs.
Don't worry though.
Go get your shot(s).
Wear double and triple masks.
Keep your 6 foot distance.
And most likely still catch the Ching Chong Shivers.
You are correct Monet, Florida is and has been open for business. Other than a few liberal mayors in Miami and St Pete, along with a female agriculture secretary with gubernatorial ambition, the state is encouraging tourism.

The numbers don’t lie in that we are middle of the road in cases and deaths nationally while having a higher average age population than many higher COVID states like NY & CA. FL 44.2, NY 39.2 CA 37. As the death numbers show it’s been the elderly at the most risk other than those who had serious pre existing conditions.

The difference is in how the states have handled it. CA and the pervert in NY locked their citizens down and destroyed many businesses. In part to bring down a President and in part because they are liberal to the core and the opportunity for control was there. To this day they still aren’t close to open 100% and still push silly mask mandates. The same masks that have never been proven to work unless they are medical grade.

In Florida we have no state mandate and our Gov even made a ruling that no individual could be fined for not wearing them. A few counties and cities, along with private businesses have required them but there is nothing behind it and few enforce them. Disney is one of the few places that is serious about masks and that’s more of a public relations move. There are still people out there that are afraid to leave the house without one and no company wants to be subjected to a boycott or bad social media publicity from these clowns. A few bars in Tampa were fined by the city for not requiring them and packing customers in their bar against a local ordinance. Gov Desantis issued an order removing all penalties and fines. He cares about the people of Florida and their freedoms.

He has been a national leader in distribution of the vaccines with his Seniors First campaign. He pissed the teachers unions off by not allowing perfectly healthy 30 YO teachers to get shots before seniors. He personally went to the homes of Holocaust survivors to see that they got vaccines. Worked with religious leaders in poor minority neighborhoods to get skeptical communities to get shots. He just dropped the age to 60 starting today to qualify and plans to go to 55 next week and anyone in April. And all he has got is grief in the liberal media for it. You know they are scared of his success when the National media is spending so much time on him.

I could go on and on about how Florida handled this past year compared to other states, and how much better off we are. We have a budget surplus again, kids in school, businesses open and thriving, 10,000 people a week moving here and 3 new GOP Congressional seats coming up in 22. Sadly the senile old man bailed out the states that can’t handle their finances last week so there will be no consequences for their poor financial decisions.

Bottom line is if anyone is honest about it, Florida did it right and any honest history written about COVID will show it down the line. Now come visit and spend your damn money here!