More than 500 new cases of the coronavirus have been detected in Florida since Friday evening, and a total of 54 people have now died from the disease in the state, according to updated data from the Florida Department of Health.
That means more cases in one 24 hour period than we had from the beginning to March 20th. And keep in mind, this is with very little testing.
March 2nd - "“Despite these cases, the overall immediate threat to the public remains low,” DeSantis said.
anyway, five days ago he said no statewide stay at home and this was his logic:
"DeSantis said about a third of Florida's 67 counties have no confirmed cases and another third have few, so he doesn't yet see the need to impose a near shutdown on their businesses that have been imposed in large counties such as Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach where the disease has spread into the community."
Little misleading, right? Nearly 50% of Floridas 67 counties are very rural (around Lake Okeechobee and up in the panhandle) and, as states in the article, "[m]ost of the counties with few or no infections are smaller ones along the state's northern borders or surrounding Lake Okeechobee."
Wlil be interesting, because its basically a lie. the most populous counties all have stay at home orders. He made these comments while standing in the Villages
