The Data still shows pushing Vaccines on Old people up until June ‘21 was smart and probably bought a hundred thousand or more, additional time. Desantis was prioritizing the old, which was prudent. Healthy people under 50 never needed any vaccine.
After August ‘21, anyone pushing vaccines on anyone wasn’t doing it based on science and Desantis wasn’t.
There were 4,787 deaths involving COVID in the state of Florida in August 2020. As for "all cause" mortality, deaths in Florida in August 2020 were at 143% of "expected deaths."
A year later, in August 2021, there were 10,407 deaths involving COVID in the state of Florida (an increase of some 117%). As for "all cause" mortality, deaths in Florida in August 2021 were at 184%.
In September 2020, there were 2,023 deaths involving COVID in the state of Florida. With respect to "all cause" mortality, deaths in Florida in September 2020 were at 120% of "expected deaths."
A year later, in September 2021, there were 8,335 deaths involving COVID in Florida, an increase of some 312%. "All cause" deaths in Florida in September 2021 was at 166% of "expected deaths."
I think these data provide some perspective on the effectiveness of Florida's pandemic response in the late summer of 2021 (when millions had been vaxxed), compared to the late summer of 2020 (when no one had been vaxxed).