Florida bans consumption of alcohol at bars as coronavirus cases soar

Orlando Sentinel ^ | June 26, 2020 | Austin Fuller

[Stravinsky]

Florida regulators banned drinking alcohol at bars statewide as the state reported a record-shattering 8,942 new cases of coronavirus Friday.

“Effective immediately, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is suspending on premises consumption of alcohol at bars statewide,‘' according to a tweet from Halsey Beshears, secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

The department could not be immediately reached for further details.

[Steely Tom]

So Florida politicians aren’t going to go to bars and restaurants anymore. Right.

[Pearls Before Swine]

What are they going to consume? Pretzels and corn chips?

[Texas Eagle]

I thought alcohol killed the virus.

[Alberta's Child]

I sat in on a web conference with a panel of supply chain experts a few days ago. They had some really interesting stories to tell about the COVID-19 world from their perspectives.

One guy said hard liquor sales are through the roof, mainly because people are spending roughly the same amount of money on liquor that they spent before -- only now they can buy a lot more whiskey and bourbon at the liquor store than they got for the same amount of money at bars and restaurants in the past. Go figure.

[alstewartfan]

So, Desantis is another coward who faints at the first whiff of pushback? Disgusting.

[IrishBrigade]

‘Florida regulators banned drinking alcohol at bars statewide as the state reported a record-shattering 8,942 new cases of coronavirus Friday.’

ah yes, another power mad Dem governor acting the tyrant...oh, wait...

[Texas Eagle]

Hey, Greg Abbott of TX just did the same thing. Basically. Forcing bars and rubber rafting outfits to close at noon.

You can still order alcohol to go. I don't know if you can order river rafting to go.

[Quick Shot]

Can I get hammered at a restaurant? Asking for a friend

[Dawgreg]

Well, we’ve adopted the “what me worry?” attitude.......we have a well-stocked bar and have the luxury of drinking when we want to.....boy, this white privilege is so choice.

[Mouton]

Desantis is one if not the best GOP governors we have. In case you missed it, yesterday's count was up close to 9000 cases here in Florida. Nothing to joke about. The huge increases are coming from the under 40 crowd who refuse to follow any simple suggestions regarding this matter. He did not follow the general close everything down mantra that other governors followed. Now that there is a certain problem he is taking reasonable procautions. So, he is still not a coward who faints. Get your facts straight.

[alstewartfan]

Is there something about registering GOP that surgically removes one’s spine?

[Dawgreg]

Can I get hammered at a restaurant? Asking for a friend

LOL.......that’s funny

[rlmorel]

There is a significant difference between someone who gets a sore throat and someone who requires hospitalization.

I want to know that the differential is.

New cases skyrocket. Hospitalizations flat. What does that tell us if true?

[alstewartfan]

More people are tested. These young people are NOT dying.

[cuban leaf]

What is the definition of a CV19 “case”?

[Jane Long]

I’m blaming the d@mn rioters/protesters.

[IrishBrigade]

‘The huge increases are coming from the under 40 crowd who refuse to follow any simple suggestions regarding this matter.’

since you’re the one with all the straight facts, kindly inform us how many of these under 40 types are deathly ill from these cases, as opposed to merely inconvenienced with a sore throat and a cough, so that we can all cheer DeSantis for backing down, oops,I mean, taking reasonable precautions...

[americas.best.days...]

So, is Ron Desantis’ s nickname Departments of Business and Professional Regulation, and I didn’t know?

[KC_Conspirator]

So stupid