DeSantis downplays increase in COVID-19 cases

[babylonsister]

TheHill.com
DeSantis downplays increase in COVID-19 cases
By Max Greenwood - 07/20/21 09:15 AM EDT


ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday downplayed the recent spike in coronavirus cases in his state, and criticized public health officials who continue to push unvaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 shots.

“It’s a seasonal virus and this is the seasonal pattern it follows in the Sun Belt states,” DeSantis told reporters at a press conference. He also said that he expects COVID-19 cases to decline next month.

DeSantis’s remarks came as new cases of COVID-19 are on the rise, driven by the spread of the more infectious delta variant. Florida has emerged as the epicenter of the recent surge, with about one in five new cases nationwide coming from the Sunshine State.

Despite the spike in cases, DeSantis has leaned into the same laissez faire approach to the coronavirus pandemic that has earned him praise from conservatives over the past year. His handling of the outbreak has earned him rising-star status among many Republicans, while fueling speculation of a potential 2024 presidential bid.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/563829-desantis-downplays-increase-in-covid-19-cases

[marble falls]

1. He sure pulled that one out of a deep, dank, dark part of his anatomy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, sure. The cases will certainly decrease next month.

Next month there will be so many more people sick that we'll look forward to him being President! Or something...

[secondwind]

3. What a supreme jackass................

[The Magistrate]

4. A More Than Usually Stupid Statement, Ma'am

It will take years to establish whether this plague has a seasonality to it.

What does seem to have a seasonality is the reckless idiocy of Republican authorities in the several states. We can count on their suspending public health measures at the slightest hint of impending success, declaring the problem gone, and ensuring more and more people suffer exposure and illness.

[underpants]

5. We're in our 6th season of it now

Christ! That’s longer than Star Trek for crying out loud

[EarlG]

6. I see, so Covid will be thwarted by summer heat, except in the Sun Belt where the opposite applies

April 2020:

Trump says coronavirus could be thwarted by summer heat, citing DHS study

President Donald Trump said Thursday evening that the spread of COVID-19 could be drastically slowed by the onset of warmer and more humid weather during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing, citing data from the Department of Homeland Security.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-says-coronavirus-could-be-thwarted-by-summer-heat-citing-dhs-study-2020-04-23

Now:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday downplayed the recent spike in coronavirus cases in his state, and criticized public health officials who continue to push unvaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 shots. “It’s a seasonal virus and this is the seasonal pattern it follows in the Sun Belt states,” DeSantis told reporters at a press conference. He also said that he expects COVID-19 cases to decline next month.

"His handling of the outbreak has earned him rising-star status among many Republicans, while fueling speculation of a potential 2024 presidential bid." -- he's getting people killed while telling ridiculous lies, so this certainly tracks.

[Wounded Bear]

7. History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme...

[gohuskies]

8. Downplaying Covid is what the GQP Trumpers do

This is another prime example that the majority of the republican party is actively promoting a death cult mentality and trying to cloak it with plausible deniability.

[bronxiteforever]

9. Desantis from April 2020. Rinse and repeat.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/04/02/ron-desantis-is-donald-trumps-and-the-coronaviruss-favourite-governor

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. DeathSantis is an idiot

Link to tweet

[Baitball Blogger]

11. So, that's the new litmus test to determine who leads in the GOP?

How adept are you at using misinformation to avoid blame for mass murder?

[Tommy Carcetti]

12. .....