state hit the most deaths of any of the 50 states. back in july and august, we were seeing cases here in florida on a weekly basis hit above 150,000. last week, according to the florida department of public health, the case counts were just above 25,000. so, again, good news. and everyone here is hoping that that good news holds. throughout this pandemic, as you said though, governor ron desantis has been very staunch against any kind of mask mandates or vaccine mandates. and that trend is continuing. this of course again is a very strong contrast to what we re seeing in places like california and also what the biden administration is doing in terms of vaccine mandates. earlier this week, we saw the covid-19 white house adviser hold a briefing outlining some of those mandates. take a listen. of those mandates. ta the president has taken may steps on vaccination requirements. health care workers through the center for medicare and