Posted on 04/01/2020 11:16:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, issued a statewide stay-at-home order on Wednesday afternoon to curb the rate of infection in his state during the global coronavirus pandemic.
The order will go into effect at midnight Thursday and last for at least 30 days.
It makes sense to make this move now, the governor said during a press conference Wednesday, adding that he was taking the action after President Trump extended the social distancing guidelines nationwide for another 30 days.
DeSantis, who balked for weeks at issuing such an order, also changed his mind less than a day after receiving a letter from 13 Democratic members of Congress urging him to immediately issue a statewide stay-at-home order to save lives.
This pandemic has not respected global borders so it certainly will not respect county borders, the letter said. We cannot wait, we cannot leave this decision to county or municipal governments.
At least 33 states including California, New York, and Illinois, which are all home to some of the most densely populated major U.S. cities, have issued stay-at-home orders. Florida is the third most-populated state in the country, with about 21.6 million residents.
On Monday, DeSantis issued a safer at home order for four counties in South Florida, currently the hotspot of the outbreak in the state. Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Monroe counties were ordered to stay at home until at least April 15th.
During a White House press briefing Tuesday, President Trump said he planned to call DeSantis to urge him to allow two Holland America cruise ships the MS Zaandam and MS Rotterdam to dock in the state. At least four people have died and more than 200 others have fallen ill with COVID-19 on one of the ships by Tuesday.
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I bet you’re right. That and getting rid of cash so that all transactions can be tracked.
lol apparently that is the case- guess the lockdowns are making people grumpy- loss of humor-
I’ve been bored to tears and reading almost every article but I must have missed it. But you are right. For me to have missed it it must have been reported very very little.
Coronavirus is the least of the things they spread.
The mainstream media was always hoping HIV would go big time but nope just anal sex and drug use.
I’m not judging I’m just stating the facts.
The guys who have sex with HIV guys just to get it as a badge of honor they are idiots
Ugh. He bent to the MORONS.
lol and lots and lots of sparklies
Wal Mart and Public are the only places left to go in Florida...
I do not know if Home Depot and Lowes can stay open???
But the Golf and Country Clubs are still open..just as many cars as usual..
Its the only place the snow birds can eat and drink
Ron DeSantis, you do realize that you have now put your own blood in the water. The fake news, both local media and national, will continue attacking you.
Not a good move.
Orange Man bad!
This hysteria ends when a Prog is elected president this November.
Then it will be all sweetness and safety.
Just stop those damned Yankees at the state line. Set up a big tent city right at the checkpoint. Tell the refugees they can either go into the tents for 30 days or turn around and go back home.
Did she have gloves on? If so, then the basket was a transporter only. She touched the card with a gloved hand. If not, you’re absolutely right.
“Walking, biking, hiking, fishing, hunting, running, and swimming are all specifically enumerated...”
Unfortunately, many counties like Hillsborough have furloughed their park employees who, diligently yellow taped the parks’ parking lots before going on their vacation. So I park in a defunct bank’s parking lot, access the open bike path then into one of the unblocked walking trails meeting the bike path. Works ok for now.
The Cruise liners staff and passengers infected the port of everglades and
Broward .
Trump has some nerve to tell Desantis to take these infected boats that sailed half around the world to dump here .
We dont need foreigners stealing out ICU beds because they made a bad decision or did nit want to lose a deposit .
Let greedy Carnival lift them out .
My son just texted me and said the media was claiming a total shut down but it isn’t. He is an architect and according to him he is “essential” as are construction crews.
My son said it is only a total shutdown for elderly and people with health issues.
Either way, God Bless FL for giving Trump your EVs
Thank you for that. Phew.
That makes sense. Santis seems to have the best grip on this hysteria.
The order will go into effect at midnight Thursday and last for at least 30 days...
Wow.
We’d be better off setting up FEMA camps for the tantruming Wu Flu addicts instead of nuking the economy. They could self isolate, have fun playing in their Virus Victory Gardens and the rest of us could get to back to work.
Here is the actual order. The list of essential services is rather long.
https://www.icsc.com/uploads/t07-subpage/EO_20-91_re_statewide_safer_at_home.pdf
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