DeSantis says Florida 'not going back' on reopening as COVID-19 cases surge

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Tuesday that his state is “not going back” on reopening as thousands of new COVID-19 cases continue to be reported every day.

DeSantis told reporters that the state will not follow Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) move to pause reopening, according to Axios.

“We're not going back, closing things,” he said. “I don't think that that's really what's driving it. People going to a business is not what's driving it. I think when you see the younger folks — I think a lot of it is more just social interactions, so that's natural.”

When reporters asked if DeSantis would encourage people to stay home, he said social distancing was being recommended throughout the reopening process and that keeping the elderly and vulnerable safe was Florida’s priority.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/505345-desantis-says-florida-not-going-back-on-reopening-as-covid-19-cases

[Turbineguy]

1. Going back on reopening?

Why, that's like taking your foot off the gas as you approach a red light. Not a very manly thing to do.

[FarPoint]

12. Based upon the past 90 days of " my rights no mask"...

There are way too many non compliance folks out there to contaminate any new shutdown plan....The virus is already well seeded nationally...I suggest, those who want to survive...wear a mask, hunker down, plan any out of home events like store, pharmacy, essential needs with an organized list, short visit, use hand sanitizer/ often when out...time the events during low populated times....choose grocery stores that are observed cleaning shopping carts all the time...

The fact that it is known as evidence of many " Karen rage" shopping videos...won't wear a mask... it just take one to contaminate an area...and we have many who are doing just that...

[nykym]

2. Can't they get rid of this guy,

he's going to kill them all and possibly the rest of us.

[BusyBeingBest]

3. Obviously economy and business interests are his only concern--

but it's hard to see how a state that relies heavily on tourism expects to lure vacationers to their diseased cesspool. Who would go there now?

[NCDem47]

5. Yup.

Just like refusing to lose out on Spring Break, powerful business backers want all cyclinders running for July 4th weekend.

[luvtheGWN]

11. Think about all the Canadian and northern American snowbirds

who own or rent homes in Florida. They are major contributors to the economy. If the Canada/US border remains closed into 2021 (as I believe it will) Florida will suffer greatly.
DeSantis is an idiot.

[Vogon_Glory]

16. Next year in Havana!

I suspect that those Canadian snowbirds unencumbered wth Florida real-estate will be spending the cold months of 2020-2021 in Cuba, and there won’t be a blamed thing that the Sunshine State and National Dumb(Cluck)istan National Party (aka the GOP) can do anything about it.

[PSPS]

19. That's absolutely NOT his concern

If it were, he'd realize that "opening up" doesn't magically generate demand, certainly not enough to sustain most businesses. No, his only concern is pleasing trump. That's the full scope of it.

[greymattermom]

4. Close the border.

Have mandatory Covid testing stops on northbound I95 and I75. He realizes that this will kill the tourist business, right?

[Phoenix61]

6. I guess he missed the notice to the military

from the Pentagon that we are now a no travel zone. Unfuckingbelievable! We really are a 3rd world nation. I’m back to hiding at the house. I have a job with the school system that starts in August. If it’s not mandatory masks I’m not sure I’m going to take it.

[roamer65]

7. Congrats FL, you have a murderer as governor.

Chip off the ‘ol Trumpist block.

[RAB910]

8. The same stupidity that killed Americans in Vietnam. They are waist deep in the big muddy

[C_U_L8R]

9. Soooo.... you choose sickness and death.

Killing voters is a pretty narrow-sighted strategy.

[Newest Reality]

10. Then...

With that approach, Florida will shut itself down, so to speak.

Their will be no choice as the situation becomes a catastrophic emergency. People will be panicking, dying in the streets, etc.

This is going to be bad, especially thanks to a Trump sycophant like that. That blood, so to speak, is on his hands.

[IronLionZion]

13. US Deaths: 130,196

America is being made great again through preventable mass death. Interesting how other countries don't have this problem.

[duforsure]

14. trump, Desantis, and Abbott

Will not be re-elected again from what they've done to this country and their states.Complete failures.

[Javaman]

15. there really is something wrong with Florida.

and it appears as if the gov is THE Florida guy.

[Miguelito Loveless]

17. They are not going to go back while they

have so many expendable Black and Brown people they can kill with this disease. Helps the rich stay rich, by pleasing the stock market carrion -eaters, and improves Trump's re-election prospects by thinning out the voting roles.

It's a feature, not a bug.

[marie999]

18. We lived in South Florida in a condo.

They called it God's waiting room as a joke. It's not a joke anymore. Thankfully we moved back to a small town in North Carolina.

[sakabatou]

20. So, he admits that he doesn't care how many people get sick and/or die.