Opinion: DeSantis 2024?

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(02-18-2021, 02:48 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: You seem absolutely obsessed with comparing Florida to NY.

Why are you ignoring the plethora of other states that have taken a more agressive or strict approach that either are doing worse than Florida, or they're doing similarly?

I'm willing to listen and have my view changed, but I'm going to need  someone to explain to me how Florida isn't at the top, or the near the top (in both cases and deaths) if their approach was so reckless and stupid.

(02-18-2021, 03:17 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: There are numbers to support that drunk driving results in a DRAMATIC increase in accidents.  I'm sorry, I just don't see the same with the numbers here. 

I keep hearing about how reckless, and how stupid their approach was.  But when I dive into any and all of the data I can find there's nothing there to really support this argument.

In just looking at the numbers vs. Ohio, where we've taken I'd say a more agressive approach, we (Ohio) actually have slightly more deaths per capita.  This in a state that sees a fraction of a fraction of the amount of the amount of travel, and with a younger population.

When I look at California, or Illinois, or any number of states, nothing is really jumping out to me in comparison to Florida that shows that they clearly shit the bed here.

Cases

CA 8.6k
IL 3.5k

Deaths

CA  84
IL   28

Hospitalizations

CA  11
IL   6.6


Positivity

CA  5.4%
IL   5.5%




Just so we're clear, Florida shit the bed. 3rd highest cases per 100k. 6th highest positivity rate. 3rd highest hospitalizations. They made up 19.5% of the confirmed covid deaths in the US this past week. Florida is the only state experiencing more deaths than any other time during the pandemic, despite vaccinations having been available for almost the entire year. Florida had similar troubles to California last summer. This past summer, California, despite Delta had half as many cases and deaths while those numbers nearly doubled for Florida. DeSantis mocked LA in March, asking if masks completely stopped covid there. Well, LA was able to enact policies when the variants spread, while major metropolitan areas in Florida were barred from doing so because of him. 

DeSantis owns Florida shitting the bed.