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Georgia senator who contracted coronavirus leaves Florida beach house after local outcry

...Local residents, who are on orders to stay at home to help slow the virus’s spread, raised the alarm with the authorities when they saw out-of-town visitors arriving in a convoy of three cars.

...In an exchange with the Tallahassee Democrat, Mr Smith put it more sharply: “His driver’s licence is in Georgia. His voter’s registration is in Georgia, so just practice what you preach and don’t come here. It’s ridiculous. It’s so selfish of this person to do this.”

Shortly after Mr Smith assigned the police watch on the gated residence, Mr Thompson departed. As the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office told the paper: “As a result of surveillance on Senator Bruce Thompson’s residence on St. George Island, Senator Thompson called Sheriff A.J. Smith to advise he would return to Georgia.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/georgia-senator-coronavirus-florida-beach-house-a9441646.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=Feed


650 posted on 04/02/2020 11:41:20 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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After ignoring warnings, Israeli ultra-Orthodox hit by virus

BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Early this week, the streets of the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak were bustling with shoppers as ultra-Orthodox residents, obeying their religious leaders, ignored pleas to stay home in the face of the coronavirus threat.

By Friday, Bnei Brak had become the country’ worst hot spot and now resembles a ghost town. One expert estimated that nearly 40% of the city’s population might already have been infected.

AP
https://hosted.ap.org/article/4896e6623e4200b927b935b647f401bd/after-ignoring-warnings-israeli-ultra-orthodox-hit-virus


661 posted on 04/03/2020 12:07:51 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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