2 Florida coronavirus cases confirmed, gov. declares public health emergency

[Leghorn21]

The Florida governor’s office has confirmed two “presumptively positive” cases of coronavirus in the state Sunday.

The office of Gov. Ron DeSantis confirms two individuals in the State of Florida tested “presumptively positive” for coronavirus (COVID-19), including a resident of Manatee County and a resident of Hillsborough County.

DeSantis and the State Health Officer and Surgeon General, Dr. Scott Rivkees, have declared a public health emergency in the state.

According to the governor’s office, Florida Department of Health will actively monitor, at a minimum, all persons meeting the definition of a Person Under Investigation (“PUI”) as defined by the CDC for COVID-19 for a period of at least 14 days or until the PUI tests negative for COVID-19...

more:
https://www.winknews.com/2020/03/01/2-florida-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-gov-declares-public-health-emergency/

[mcar]

1. They will lie

[rzemanfl]

2. Spoken like a Floridian. RU? n/t

[mcar]

10. For nearly 30 years

I've seen this state go downhill.

[rzemanfl]

3. You may want to check your profile. Your hometown has a really strange name.

[Leghorn21]

4. D'OH! It does, doesn't it?! I shall fix it forsooth!

[rzemanfl]

5. It's okay, I hope you're around for the town's centennial.

[Leghorn21]

6. Ha, thanks, man, and you as well!

[TheBlackAdder]

7. So, Florida is in on the Blue State conspiracy to make Trump look bad.

[Warpy]

8. Whatever is the Orange Excrescence going to do?

Will he barricade himself in his private suite at Mar-a-Loco for the duration? Will he close the place down until it all blows over or will he continue magical thinking, that he can gaslight the virus away? Or will he think money makes all his guests immune?

This is going to be fun to watch. A half witted germaphobic malignant narcissist in the fishbowl of the presidency.

I'm going to have to order more popcorn.

[Chainfire]

9. It is about time

For the annual snowbird migration North. We will send these messengers back with a little something to remember us by.

[Demonaut]

12. what?

[Chainfire]

15. Florida has a very mobile population

We have visitors from all over the world; (around 110 million per year) they come, they spend money, they spread their germs and then they move on. We also have a migration of people from the North who winter here and return to the North in the Spring, they are locally referred to as "Snowbirds." The new presumptive cases are from an area popular to Snowbirds. It is about time for the North bound Snowbird migration.

I was inferring that it was an efficient way to rapidly transmit the disease over long distances to many new venues. Savvy?

[Demonaut]

16. so, are you wishing they will contract covid-19?

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. Ugh

[mcar]

11. Just after Pence was here

and he and DeRacist did a presser on how there were no cases in FL. Gotta figure they knew.

[Coventina]

14. Well, according to some DUers, only the elderly are at risk....

There aren't that many elderly in Florida, are there?