Re: Ron DeSantis
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:34 pm
This is like arguing that some people wearing seatbelts die in car accidents, therefore seatbelts shouldn't be mandated
This is like arguing that some people wearing seatbelts die in car accidents, therefore seatbelts shouldn't be mandated
Jesus crap. Yes, we are absolutely going to blame people who don't vax or wear masks when they end up in the hospital with Covid. Sorry you feel it's victim blaming, but they made themselves the victims. So we blame them.
yeahbut he's stickin' everyone else's hand in tharnotorial dissent wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:58 pm Fool who put hand in bear trap and press the trigger after being told not to is soley responsible for lost hand. Your choice your result.
The latest surge of COVID-19 might be catching up with Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A new poll from St. Pete Polls finds the Governor’s approval rating has sagged considerably, with more Floridians now saying they do not approve of the job DeSantis is going than those who say they approve.
The poll, which was conducted Monday and Tuesday among 3,952 likely Florida voters through an automated phone polling system, also found DeSantis falling behind one Democratic rival for the 2022 gubernatorial election, trailing Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist. DeSantis has a slight lead on Democratic Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the poll.
The poll also shows Floridians are not in agreement with DeSantis when it comes to his opposition to mask mandates for school children.
DeSantis drew just 44% of Florida voters saying they approve of the job he is doing, while 49% said they do not approve of his job performance. The rest were unsure.
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He also is not doing well within any age category except voters age 70 or older. The youngest set, those ages 18-29, posted 39% approval and 52% disapproval. The next youngest, those age 30-49, were not far off, with 40% approving and 51% disapproving. Those over 70 showed 49% approval, still not a majority, but more than the 43% who said no, they do not approve.
Those who remain, of course.Those over 70 showed 49% approval ...
More than six in 10 Florida voters believe schools should require all children to wear masks when classes begin later this month, according to a recent survey from St. Pete Polls.
The survey, commissioned by Florida Politics, found that 62% of likely voters support such a mask order.
The poll follows an executive order Gov. Ron DeSantis issued Friday banning school mask requirements. Meanwhile, the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida rose to an all-time high of 11,515 patients in one day, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ahead of DeSantis’ school mask order, the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics issued an unambiguous argument for face coverings and distancing, citing the fact that vaccines aren’t yet available for children younger than 12. The school year begins as soon as next week in some districts.
Among Democrats, 84% support mask mandates, while 66% of independents also support such a requirement. However, 39% of Republicans also support mask mask mandates, a significant share for what has become a political issue.
Me too.Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:51 am I've mostly reached a "Let the idiots Darwin themselves" attitude but then I read about the kids and I want to throw up.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news ... vaccinatedThose who have recovered from COVID-19 who have not been vaccinated might have more than double the chance of reinfection than those who have been inoculated, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study looked at hundreds of Kentucky residents who were infected with the coronavirus in 2020 and compared the vaccination status of those who were reinfected from May to June 2021. Researchers found that those who were not vaccinated had 2.34 times the odds of reinfection compared with those who were fully vaccinated.
filly wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:22 am Wherein Jim Acosta suggests the #desantisvarient:
https:// twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1424138337825304578Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski
JIM ACOSTA WITH AN ABSOLUTELY EPIC TAKEDOWN of Republican governors today! And I’m not going to take credit, but Jim follows me, and the last 15 seconds is my tweet from 2 hours before this. I love Jim Acosta!
12:40 AM · Aug 8, 2021Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski
The WHO is now deciding how to name the next set of covid variants, since the letters of the Greek alphabet are running out.
I provided to them a select list of American republican governors’ names. Still waiting for a response.
No, it's the Libertarian Free Market Paradise we can only dream of.p0rtia wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:53 am His plan is not "herd immunity", it is "acceptable number of deaths".
His idea is that never-ending COVID with a few dozen deaths a day is a mere bagatelle if it means he can boast about how well his economy is doing (note that the Fla economy does not need to be doing well; he just needs to be able to boast about it) and how he was smarter than that stupid Democratic science.
He igores--is allowed to ignore--the toll on the hospitals and medical professionals. He says "Our hospitals are open for business." which pretty much illustrates his preferred way of looking at COVID and governing.
He has never even mentioned the destruction wrought by serious illness and long COVID.
"Avoidable deaths" are two words he mysteriously cannot hear.
His current approach to COVID (threatening to punish institutions that try to save people's lives and coninue to operate) is exactly the opposite of what it was a year ago, when he stated that the state should not tell local communities what to do.
His conflation of vaccines/masking with shutdowns is appallingly stupid. Apparently no one in the press or in government, except Nikki Fried, has the guts to point out the obvious: that vaccines/masking are necessary to AVOID shutdowns, and are not a path TO shutdowns; that his policy is the direct highway to shutdowns.
It is free-range Earth 2 in Florida.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Is Granted Preliminary Injunction Allowing it to Sail from Florida with 100% Vaccination of Guests and Crew
Hey Ron, Fuck off!Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:35 pm Haha!!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/norwegia ... 00189.html
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Is Granted Preliminary Injunction Allowing it to Sail from Florida with 100% Vaccination of Guests and Crew