Afternoon. I want to thank you for hosting us. Thank Governor Desantis good afternoon. I want to thank you for hosting us. Thank you to the mayor for all of the hard work he has done over many months working closely with us here in the state government. We came to jackson in i think wa. At that point, i dont even know if miamidade had a case, a positive test. It was obviously much different than what we are finding here. You are doing nothing you us an explanation. You are deceiving the public. Over 4000 people have died and you have no plan. You are doing nothing. Shame on you. Shame on both of you. Desantis at that time, when we were here, we had a whole bunch of concerns about what would end up happening in weeks in the next few and months. Shame on you. Desantis we had concerns about testing, we were able to get test, we were not able to get test for all the people who needed them at the time. In fact, there were probably hundreds of tests being conducted statewide. Nationally, tho
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Orders,rnor issued no but urged floridians to continue following recommended guidance to stay safe, including social distancing and wearing a mask. Governor desantis good afternoon. I want to thank you for hosting us. Thank you to the mayor for all of the hard work he has done over many months working closely with us here in the state government. In i thinkjackson early march when this pandemic was starting to pick up speed. At that point, i dont even know if miamidade had a case, a positive test. It was obviously much different than what we are finding here. You are doing nothing you us an explanation. You are deceiving the public. Over 4000 people have died and you have no plan. You are doing nothing. Shame on you. Shame on both of you. Desantis at that time, when we were here, we had a whole bunch of concerns about what would end up happening in weeks in the next few and months. Shame on you. Desantis we had concerns about testing, we were able to get test, we were not able to get t
Good afternoon. Let me begin by thinking folks throughout florida for all their hard work over these long and eks. Ng we what they have been doing is working. Month and ack a half, we heard a reports saying it was a matter of time before floridas Hospital System was overwhelmed with covid19 patients. There was an article in the miami herald that said this week in april, florida could see 465,000 people hospitalized. , slightly more than 2000. Those predictions have been false. Our work is succeeding. We have flattened her to the curve. Not only did the Hospital System not get overwhelmed, since the pandemic started, available hospital beds have increased in the state of florida. About 1500 beds available, we now have 22,000. We have also dramatically increased icu bed availability. That is what flattening the curve was about, because of the Health Care System gets overwhelmed it is so it is obviously bad for covid19 patients and other people with ailments. Made timeictions were and tim