Well, except for all the dead people…
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Florida has had almost 60,000 deaths (probably more — the reporting has been dicey.) California, with similarly warm weather and diverse population has had 71,000 deaths. I’m sure the right wingers will all say that proves what a good job Florida has done.
I suppose they might be right if it weren’t for the fact that California has almost double the population:
The economy is rebounding smartly in California too despite its biggest metro areas imposing mandates and all kinds of public health measures.
The right is just lying when it says DeSantis is a COVID hero. He is a menace to his people.
Update: Recall that DeSantis said this in his infamous interview with Maria Bartiromo that ‘Most cops” had already had COVID so they didn’t need to get vaccinated. Well:
Unvaccinated people who had survived a previous COVID-19 infection were more than five times more likely to be reinfected with the virus compared to those who were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The finding comes from data published Friday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, examining records of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms in the agency’s “VISION Network” of hospitals spanning nine states.
The study’s authors said their findings showed “vaccine-induced immunity was more protective than infection-induced immunity” among patients who had their first bout of the disease or were vaccinated three to six months earlier.
“We now have additional evidence that reaffirms the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, even if you have had prior infection. This study adds more to the body of knowledge demonstrating the protection of vaccines against severe disease from COVID-19,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.