According to this post from the Washington Times, they did it right in the state of Florida. Rep. Gov. DeSantis has lower per capita mortality than national and 27 other states. What? Yep, that’s right. Unlike all the other democrat run pot holes.
By Kelly Sadler – The Washington Times
Friday, February 26, 2021
Florida has lower per-capita COVID-19 mortality than the national average and lower than 27 other states, including tightly lockdown California, despite having more senior citizens. Its unemployment rate is lower than the national average. Florida offers more in-person education than any other state, and it leads the nation in vaccinating those older than 65 years old. And its budget remains in good shape, with Mr. DeSantis declaring he hasn’t had to use a penny in Florida’s rainy-day fund to cover for pandemic-related expenses.
Yet, Mr. DeSantis, a rising star in the Republican Party, was vilified by the mainstream media throughout last year for following his own path battling the coronavirus epidemic and not subscribing to herd mentality — which required mandatory masking, and school and business lockdowns indefinitely.
Not to say Florida didn’t shut down — it did for the necessary 15 days to slow the spread. After a few weeks working to stockpile its medical supplies and increasing hospital capacity, Mr. DeSantis worked to quickly reopen — knowing the mental and economic devastation prolonged lockdowns could cause.
In mid-April, Mr. DeSantis opened up the states beaches. Critics were quick to say the move would lead to a massive death count and widespread COVID-19 contagion. It didn’t. Florida’s COVID-19 numbers remained steady after a peak in mid-July.
When the so-called experts said hospitals should discharge elderly coronavirus patients to nursing homes in the spring of last year, Mr. DeSantis refused.
Read full story here: https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/26/florida-got-it-right-and-lockdown-states-got-it-wr/.