08-30-2021, 12:20 PM
(08-29-2021, 08:23 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: You do, and if you answer truthfully, I'll respond to the questions you asked in your pathetic attempt to avoid addressing your past claims.
I'm going to give you a completely honest answer with some explanation, and I hope you'll respond. My answer is I don't know. You can scoff at this if you'd like, or you can choose to continue reading. (Fwiw, I hope you choose the latter.)
I'm going to break this down into two distinct timeframes: March 2020-June 2021 and July 2021-August 2021.
The first timeline, which is the start of pandemic though the month of June of this year. No, I do not think he shit the bed. Despite so many people saying his policies were a disaster, the numbers just weren't there to support he had done a terrible job. (You can read through earlier in the thread for many of those numbers)
They were essentially average in cases, and slightly below in deaths, which is rather suprising. Not only because of the policies so many bemoaned but because of things like population density, having numerous "big cities", travel into the state, and average age (Florida is an older state). Despite all of these things working against them, and despite so many people claiming he was setting them up for disaster, their case rates and death rates fared no worse than any number of more heavy handed approaches by others. In fact, in some case they were better than states who were much more agressive in their approach.
Now were onto the second timeframe, the one where it's been very bad for Flordia. You can see their numbers gradually start to rise in early July and steadily go up reaching a peak in the middle of August and still remaining high. This is not at all a good thing of course, and it is certainly not a good look. There are people such as yourself that now seemingingly have all of the ammuntion they need to hammer Desantis.
But here's where I'd really like you to focus on this post. I'd really love some answers to some questions. Don't be "pathetic" and avoid them. I'm asking these in real-time not digging up a post from 6 months ago like you did with mine.
1.) What policies are currently in place in Flordia that you think have contributed to the extreme rise in case from July 1st today? Or more simply put, what do you think Densantis has done wrong or what should have he done since this time?
2.) Assuming you've answered question #1 with some examples, can you point me to any other states that are following a similar approach? Is Desantis alone in these lack of restrictions; is he on an island in his approach?
3.) Do you feel they are any things outside of Desantis control, or that are inherent to Florida that lead this rise? i.e. Tourisim, being a destination for a lot younger crowds and partying, having 8 of the top 10 biggest theme parks in America, being an older state, etc.
I'm not asking loaded questions, I swear. Perhaps there are policies I'm unaware of that are contributing to this, perhaps there is much he could have done. I honestly have not been following the Covid stuff all that close lately. I finally tuned out when things started looking like we were through the woods, and haven't picked it back up. I'm covid'd out.
But here's the thing. You're going to have to do better than you just showing me numbers and assigning blame. I want to know what you think is causing this and how it could have been avoided. How is he specifically repsonsible? Because I can't buy the "the state is totally open" when most states are totally open. I can't buy the "he doesn't have mask mandates" when most states don't have mask mandates. I can't buy the masks in school argument just yet because they're irrelevant to the numbers seen from July through August.
So fill me in. What am I missing? What are his failures in July and August and how do they differ from everyone else? I look forward to your reply. Maybe I'll learn something. I mean that honestly.
