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Claiming COVID s over won t stop it
Ron DeSantis has declared the pandemic over and eliminated all precautions to prevent its spread, saying to anyone who advocates a safer course that You really are saying you don t believe in the vaccines, you don t believe in the data.
Here are the actual facts. Florida has been averaging 60 COVID deaths a day since March, many more than we had last October. Even more egregious, DeSantis has used his “emergency powers” to make it illegal for city and county officials to take any action to protect their citizens against the pandemic, such as requiring masks at massive political rallies like those he may be planning for a presidential campaign.